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Having your inbox filled with email is working against the interface, the inbox is there for stuff that needs your attention, if you have all of your email in it then how do you know what needs looking at, even if you use the read/unread status, eventually things will fall through, its a dumb way to manage email.
If you are using tags for email (which are slower than folders, but makes it easier to find stuff later), then there is no reason to have any folders with dates and such, simply delete the mail and store all old mail in the Deleted Items folder (be sure to set it so it doesn't automatically purge or backup this folder). Putting items by date in a folder gains you nothing and is a waste of time. I find tagging things take too much time, so I put things in general category folders, which is probably overkill.
Email rules:
Clean inbox.
Only check email once per day or less.
Delete all attachments (email is a messaging tool, not an archive of files).
Delete all chainmail, jokes, cards, etc.
Backup email once a month.
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I'm not an email clutter bug
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