Everyone hates getting spam mail, unwanted “newsletters”, and advertisements cluttering their inbox when they just want to read emails from friends. I have formed a solution for this. You need 2 email addresses.
I have one email address that I use every time I have to “sign up” for a website, online banking, etc. I have a second email address that I only give to humans. This keeps it very organized. I check both emails and make sure all is well. I can easily delete junk make on the “sign up” account and hear from my friends on the other.
I also know that my “human” address will have new messages and most likely it is from someone I know. My other address gets over 100 emails a day and I delete most of them. I check it for credit card payment due dates and the like since I signed up for those sites using that address.
Between the 2 emails I stay much more organized (and sane).