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Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by baydinalex »

friggeri wrote: post #6

One thing I'd really want to see in an email client is a set of "reply today", "reply tomorrow" and "reply later" buttons, linked to my todo list or calendar.

You might want to check out our core product, Boomerang. You just choose a date when you want to see an email again. It kicks the message into a label until that time, then brings it back to the top of your inbox, so you can reply when you're ready. We think Inbox Pause goes well with the same core theme.

(I helped write Inbox Pause)

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by qdpb »

vtail wrote: post #9
agscala wrote: post #3

I'm always blown away when I hear about the sheer volume of incoming email that some people have to deal with. I may get 10 a day, but apparently getting hundreds isn't all that uncommon. It's unreal that a product like this even exists. Though no doubt it's useful for people that receive a never-ending deluge of email.

I currently work as a PM in a big company. Yesterday I've got slightly over 200 emails; it is a typical day. Granted, some of those were CC:, and people like to have one-line replies, but I still have to read each one nevertheless just to make sure it is not something I need urgently respond to.

Any time you get an e-mail you didn't need to read, ask yourself "how do I stop these from coming?". More likely than not there is an answer.

You can easily cut your volume by a factor of 10x.

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by viraj_shah »

Xavi wrote: post #8
viraj_shah wrote: post #4

Seems like this is a combination of filters, labels, and vacation responders to "pause" messages. Nice hack but may be good to disclose that all your mail correspondences will receive an automated message about Inbox Pause. Personally I don't like it (the vacation responder), so it seems easy enough to disable while keeping the actual pausing functionality. Otherwise nice tool!

There's an option to turn on/off the auto responder. Checkout the second image in the slide show: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/illgajkjilbddcllil...

Ah nice! Missed that. Cool.

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by baydinalex »

brittohalloran wrote: post #10

The manual method: 1. Create filter "subject(*)" -> Skip Inbox, Apply Label "INBOXPAUSE" 2. There is no step 2 To "unpause" 1. Delete filter (too bad you can't turn them off/on) 2. Go to label "INBOXPAUSE", select all, move to inbox Works for web-based as well as mobile, which is nice. The primary benefit of this extension is that it reminds you that you're paused with an overlay.

Inbox Pause is also quite a bit easier and less technical, I think!

If you want to do this manually, the filter above will probably let stuff slip through on some percentage of accounts. We found "from:(*) label:inbox" to be the most reliable. Or just, you know, click the pause button :)

(I helped write Inbox Pause)

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by mogrim »

vtail wrote: post #9
agscala wrote: post #3

I'm always blown away when I hear about the sheer volume of incoming email that some people have to deal with. I may get 10 a day, but apparently getting hundreds isn't all that uncommon. It's unreal that a product like this even exists. Though no doubt it's useful for people that receive a never-ending deluge of email.

I currently work as a PM in a big company. Yesterday I've got slightly over 200 emails; it is a typical day. Granted, some of those were CC:, and people like to have one-line replies, but I still have to read each one nevertheless just to make sure it is not something I need urgently respond to.

Set up a filter, and dump all the CC ones into a semi-spam folder. If it's important, you should be a "To". If it's not...

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by kpozin »

brittohalloran wrote: post #10

The manual method: 1. Create filter "subject(*)" -> Skip Inbox, Apply Label "INBOXPAUSE" 2. There is no step 2 To "unpause" 1. Delete filter (too bad you can't turn them off/on) 2. Go to label "INBOXPAUSE", select all, move to inbox Works for web-based as well as mobile, which is nice. The primary benefit of this extension is that it reminds you that you're paused with an overlay.

You can turn off a filter by adding an impossible condition, such as subject:thisfilterisoff.

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by vtail »

mogrim wrote: post #15
vtail wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I currently work as a PM in a big company. Yesterday I've got slightly over 200 emails; it is a typical day. Granted, some of those were CC:, and people like to have one-line replies, but I still have to read each one nevertheless just to make sure it is not something I need urgently respond to.

Set up a filter, and dump all the CC ones into a semi-spam folder. If it's important, you should be a "To". If it's not...

When I just started, I quickly setup some filters to categorize all mail into three categories: those where I would be one of the few people in To, or those from my boss, or those that are High Priority would go into first category, most others will be in second and mail group etc. will go into third.

The problem with the system is that people who send you email are not aware of it :), and very often violate those rules. Apart from some form of AI gradually adjusting rules over the time, I'm not sure what would be a good solution.

Re: Inbox Pause - A pause button for incoming mail in Gmail [Chrome extension]

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Post by mikejchin »

madiator wrote: post #18

Does anybody know why the extension wants to 'access your tabs and browsing activity'. Is this permission required for it to work?

We use the chrome.windows module to pop up our authentication window. During installation, this permission appears as "access your tabs and browsing activity."

http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/windows.html

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