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Thanks for this. Just FYI it wasn't not super clear how it actually works, i.e. how to get it setup, is it a gmail plugin, or do I have to change my email settings to make all emails pass by you first (which is red flag privacy-wise).
What's the difference with just checking your email 3 times per day? Personally, I've been checking my email before I start working in the morning, right after lunch, and before I finish my day. I have the luxury that none of my emails are "urgent" (i.e. I don't work in Customer Support), so I disabled email notifications and just take a look whenever I want. I'm a little confused as to why one would need such a serv…
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What about privacy? Do you access users email?
Certainly not. Gmail API let's you work with just message ids. Never accesses content, ever. Super important.
Using mutt and manually invoked pop3 from command line works just as well. You'll really hate checking your mail. Just kidding. But not really. :D
It basically forces me to only check email when I really, really want to.
Thanks for this. Just FYI it wasn't not super clear how it actually works, i.e. how to get it setup, is it a gmail plugin, or do I have to change my email settings to make all emails pass by you first (which is red flag privacy-wise).
I assume like with similar services you need to give Gmail API access which does afford the possibility of them reading all your emails (although I assume they don't).
The way it works:
1. creates a filter that filters your incoming emails into a hidden gmail label
2. at your chosen times we use the gmail api to move the emails back in to the inbox.
Adios never ever accesses the content of your emails, for any reason.
What's the difference with just checking your email 3 times per day? Personally, I've been checking my email before I start working in the morning, right after lunch, and before I finish my day. I have the luxury that none of my emails are "urgent" (i.e. I don't work in Customer Support), so I disabled email notifications and just take a look whenever I want. I'm a little confused as to why one would need such a serv…
One difference is that this controls your notifications as well. If I decide to only check email 3 times per day, then I have to turn notifications off for that to be effective. This means I may miss emails which need a reply sooner.
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Certainly not. Gmail API let's you work with just message ids. Never accesses content, ever. Super important.
I trust that you don't access email content, but I assume that with the permissions that are granted you could , correct?
Importantly though, the content of emails never ever hits our system. The API calls we use only retrieve msg ids and uses those to change the labels. These are never stored.
What's the difference with just checking your email 3 times per day? Personally, I've been checking my email before I start working in the morning, right after lunch, and before I finish my day. I have the luxury that none of my emails are "urgent" (i.e. I don't work in Customer Support), so I disabled email notifications and just take a look whenever I want. I'm a little confused as to why one would need such a serv…
One difference is that this controls your notifications as well. If I decide to only check email 3 times per day, then I have to turn notifications off for that to be effective. This means I may miss emails which need a reply sooner.
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That's just how Slack should work.
Ooh! Actually, you can do this already with Slack by choosing "Direct message, mentions & keywords" under settings. Not exactly the same, but it helps.
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My guess? The point is basically to create an aid to break your addiction. Why don't people just stop smoking? Why don't you just decide not to pull out your phone? Why don't you just put down that donut? Sometimes, we need an extra shove or hurdle to break bad habits.
Thanks for jumping in josefresco. Exactly. Two big reasons we built it: 1. the discipline to only check emails X times a day is unfortunately not one that comes naturally to us, and 2. a large part of our job is replying to and dealing with emails, so we still wanted to be able to be in our inbox (to find the relevant information for a current task), but don't want new emails jumping up and interrupting our flow. So…