Subfolders under inbox - Good or Bad?

mrbostn wrote:
In my case, we have some users with 15K items plus.
Those with no subfolders, sorting is slow. Those with subfolders, sorting is fast (less items to sort)
They also claim searching is quicker with subfolders.
Subfolders have no effect on searching. If anything they may make it take longer.
TOODAMAX wrote:
If you do it for a filing cabinet and folders in your Documents folder, why not in email??My filing cabinet doesn't have the ability to search for and hand me specific files. Why not do it for storage of digital files too? Search isn't the future. It is the now.

So, somewhere along the line I've picked up the habit of suggesting to users that they not use the inbox as a parent folder for their outlook subfolders. At some point I read it could slow down your inbox if you have tons of folders with tons of items there, and that it was better to break those sub folders out to their own root location. I've stopped to consider this though, and am having trouble finding info one way or the other. What do you guys think? Is it considered best practice to keep subfolders in their own hierarchy outside of the inbox? Does it even matter at this point with advances in exchange server and office? In case this is not clear, I am describing this:Case 1
Inbox
- sub folder
- sub folder 2
- sub folder 3
Drafts
Sent ItemsCase 2
Inbox
Drafts
Sent Items
Sub Folder
- Sub folder 2
- sub folder 3
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