| Yah I do something similar in Thunderbird. I run an IMAP server on my server (Because IMAP keeps things synced across multiple email clients) and have several categorized folders for things. Emails can come in from several sources, a form on my website, an IM from Second Life, an actual email etc. Filters are set up to organize things accordingly, if its a group notice it goes in one folder. An instant message it goes in another. If its from the form on my site, a note from Linden Lab, the jira or a matter of billing yet another place still.
Oh and most of it (Not all be design) gets sent to my mobile phone as well with the same level of organization. My Gmail is much less organized but it has some filtering on it, it's just my backup system though as it can not do the level of filtering I require.
Quite a bit of work to setup, but fortunately I was able to apply it all retroactively to all of my emails. It makes it a lot easier, to see at a glance what I have to deal with and then address it as nessicary.
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