Well, let’s see:
Yes, deltachat will need to limit the email list anyway to something =< 1000 (think of several GB INBOXes), but deleting from the email list first was also a good additional point for: Reduce space on internal storage, disk full - #24 by testbird
But that’s what Make Contact Requests more visible - #23 by Massick, is good for.
I see…, both are needed, the email listening rules to open chats for short start-chat messages, shall remove them from the counter, and makes the counter more accurate.