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Re: Google Inbox

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Post by alimoeeny »

Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently:

     inbox@inbox.gmrservice.ext.google.com
... The error that the other server returned was: 550-5.2.1 The user you are trying to contact is receiving mail at a rate that 550-5.2.1 prevents additional messages from being delivered. For more 550-5.2.1 information, please visit 550 5.2.1 http://support.google.com/mail/bin/answer.py?answer=6592 fl6si3394876qcb.0 - gsmtp

Anyone knows what that "rate limit" is?

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by tmhedberg »

cjslep wrote: post #167
Lewisham wrote: post #153

I've been using Inbox at El Goog for a while now, and I am happy to answer questions (in between dealing with a newborn...) FWIW, I really like it, and use it exclusively for my work and personal accounts. Inbox functions very much more like a ToDo list than it does an email client. Here are the workflows I have: Work: I filter all mailing lists into different clusters that I have appear at 7AM every morning. I then…

Does it work across accounts? For instance, I have a personal email and a university email that is gmail-based. I believe they are already linked account-wise, but having to manually swap between both inboxes in gmail is a constant annoyance. Edit: "Across" in the sense that everything comes in one workflow, and isn't two separate workflows. I dislike having to back out and select a new account to see each set of ema…

It doesn't integrate multiple accounts into a single inbox, if that's what you mean. It works the same as Gmail in that respect.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by joshfinnie »

magicalist wrote: post #77
joshfinnie wrote: post #23

I am sad that this seems to be Gmail only. Why have developers lost touch with standard IMAP protocols so we can use these new fancy apps with any email provider...

Isn't this just an email client? If you connect via IMAP, you get all your email as usual. It's up to the client to do things like set calendar reminders from emails or whatever.

That's a good question... I was under the assumption this was for gmail only. I guess I will have to wait for an invite and test it out myself.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by Lewisham »

cjslep wrote: post #167
Lewisham wrote: post #153

I've been using Inbox at El Goog for a while now, and I am happy to answer questions (in between dealing with a newborn...) FWIW, I really like it, and use it exclusively for my work and personal accounts. Inbox functions very much more like a ToDo list than it does an email client. Here are the workflows I have: Work: I filter all mailing lists into different clusters that I have appear at 7AM every morning. I then…

Does it work across accounts? For instance, I have a personal email and a university email that is gmail-based. I believe they are already linked account-wise, but having to manually swap between both inboxes in gmail is a constant annoyance. Edit: "Across" in the sense that everything comes in one workflow, and isn't two separate workflows. I dislike having to back out and select a new account to see each set of ema…

You'll still have to go in and out accounts as you do now, but Gmails "Send As" feature came over, so that might help?

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by dannyr »

aroch wrote: post #104
dmayle wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Disclaimer: Googler In what way do you think Now is broken with GApps accounts? I use Now with GApps, and don't know what you're referring to.

Gmail integrations just don't work with some accounts and will never work with the primary account. Email integration will ignore some forwards/catch-all accepted emails but work fine with others. It seems awfully flakey. I have an entire GApps domain that I can't even turn Now on for, and I have no idea why. Edit: Ahh the standard HN, "someone said something about Google that isn't glowing" flag instinct. Sorry that…

Complaining about being flagged on HN usually invites more flags.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by ajhit406 »

GuiA wrote: post #19

Congrats to Google on shipping! Side question: am I the only person fully satisfied by my email workflow? I practice inbox 0- if an email is in my inbox, it means something needs to be done about it (whether it's replying, filing a bug report, writing a patch, etc). Once it's done, it gets archived. I star the stuff that I'll need to refer to later, like tickets for a flight or concert. I then have a few server side…

I'm also an inbox-zero practitioner and am fully satisfied with my current email workflow with one caveat -- for "waiting on" or "not relevant now" emails, I need a way to bring them back to my inbox at some estimated time in the future to be revisited.

I found Boomerang (http://www.boomeranggmail.com/) a year ago, and it's been amazing for keeping inbox-zero (and my sanity). I average about 300 emails a day and most of them aren't immediately relevant. I then label them with their context(s) and boomerang them when I think they'll be actionable.

It's an amazing workflow, and I honestly think Google could just offer some type of "resend me this email later" (maybe even with a small note to myself) and would solve 90% of people's workflow problems.

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by Tehnix »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #147
Tehnix wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Have you considered using Mailbox[0]? I also do the Inbox Zero thing, and absolutely love the overview it gives me of what I need to do. With Mailbox, you'll "snooze" mails and it'll be like they get delivered to you at the later specified time. I recently sat my parents down, installed mailbox on their devices, and instructed them how to use the app. Amazingly enough, they now constantly use it, and aim for the zero…

I liked Mailbox but Dropbox own it and I'm more and more concerned about how they handle my privacy. Add to that that for Mailbox to work your emails have to be stored on their servers (AFAIK, please tell me if I'm wrong) I switched away.

Only the snoozed mails are stored until they are redelivered, as far as I can tell, but I can see your point. I personally don't care that much about privacy, if the convenience gains are high enough :)

"Mailbox stores a subset of your emails temporarily in order to redeliver snoozed emails, provide fast delivery and provide push notifications. We encrypt all communication to and from the Mailbox app, and all information cached on our servers is stored in an encrypted format." [0]

[0] http://www.mailboxapp.com/help/#/search?query=mailbox%20stor...

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by cjslep »

Lewisham wrote: post #174
cjslep wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Does it work across accounts? For instance, I have a personal email and a university email that is gmail-based. I believe they are already linked account-wise, but having to manually swap between both inboxes in gmail is a constant annoyance. Edit: "Across" in the sense that everything comes in one workflow, and isn't two separate workflows. I dislike having to back out and select a new account to see each set of ema…

You'll still have to go in and out accounts as you do now, but Gmails "Send As" feature came over, so that might help?

OK, I'll have to look into that feature. Thanks for answering!

Re: Google Inbox

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Post by aqzman »

inoop wrote: post #17

I'm not sure what this 'inbox' does, but from judging from the video it's about a bunch of twenty-something hipsters from California high-fiving each other.

Serious question: Did you read the article, or did you just watch the video? Reading the article along with watching the video made it perfectly clear to me what this product is doing, despite the fluff in the video.
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