Email Bankruptcy

Email bankruptcy is giving up on an unmanageable backlog: archiving or deleting everything in your inbox and starting over, often with a note asking people to resend anything urgent.

It's a one-time reset, not a fix. The real solution is a system that keeps the backlog from rebuilding — AI triage to surface what matters, drafting to clear replies fast, and follow-up tracking so nothing important is lost in the purge.