I have bitched and moaned for quite a while about Gmail providing "searching, not sorting". True also of many Google (web)apps.
Sure, Google usually has good search.
But sorting is often the easiest way to go through a pile of stuff. Sort, and then look for, e.g., many emails from the same company that you no longer have an account with.
Anyway, I have bitched and moaned about the lack of sorting in Gmail.
And today I realized ... I can just use Thunderbird via IMAP to access by Gmail account. Thunderbird has sorting. And, in a few hours, I have been able to get rid of several thousand emails.
Actually, this is not the first time I have realized this. But when I tried it in the past Thunderbird regularly hung in annoying ways. Also, IMAP folders did not map wekll to Gmail labels. It appears more reliable now. Moreover, I am no longer trying to use Thunderbird for all of my Gmail - just for this sorting and clearing a lot of stuff out. Archiving. Deleting.
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Gosh, I am happy. Using sorting and group by, quickly got rid of THOUSANDS of email messages. Not spam, but not stuff I need to deal with.
Q: why did I ever stop using Thunderbird?
Oh, yeah: (a) Intel forced me to use Outlook, and (b) Gmail was ubiquitous.
Thunderbird's non-cloud-basedness is a pain. But I think it is time to go back.
Also: EMACS mail readers were even better than Thunderbird. But not so good for non-text content.
After using several email readers, the one I still use is claws.
Had issues with Thunderbird and big folders (more than 20,000 msgs).
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