Inbox Zero
Productivity
email management
SHOW HN2023
How HN took it
5 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 19 critical, out of 53 comments about the project. Thread score -0.28.
Idea: 2 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 7 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
AI-powered rules are a strong feature
From 1 comment
The AI-powered rules thing is revolutionary. I can't even begin to imagine what it can do, but I'd rather it didn't just do it automatically, but rather put it into a queue for…
_xnmw on HN
Useful newsletter unsubscribe and auto-archive
From 1 comment
How can you unsubscribe with one click from some newsletter mails from a site to which you're not logged in? You have to log into that account find the preferences panel which…
kazinator on HN
Objections
Only supports Gmail and G Suite accounts
From 3 comments
"We only support Gmail and Gsuite email accounts today" Nice work here but here's where innovation could start with another smart email client in the crowded market. It seems…
hidelooktropic on HNGmail only :/
theusus on HNWeird that it’s only offered to Gmail or Gsuite users. Email is supposed to be provider agnostic. I guess this app is using Gmail/gsuite proprietary apis to do its magic.
xyst on HN
Sends email content to OpenAI, privacy concern
From 2 comments
“By continuing you agree to allow Inbox Zero to send your emails to OpenAI for processing.” Yeah, unfortunately this kills it for me. Handing my whole personal inbox over to…
bytethis on HNIs it considered OK uploading every email to OpenAI? Asking for a friend.
craftoman on HN
Testimonials appear not to match real tweets
From 1 comment
This is probably a symptom of my severe boredom, but I tried to find the tweeted testimonials on Twitter, and it seems quite a few of the testimonials do not correspond to real…
aragonite on HN
Name clashes with the Inbox Zero method
From 1 comment
I'm a firm believer and practitioner of the 'inbox zero' method of email management. Naming this inbox helper/organizer the same may confuse people. Why did you choose that name?…
sparrish on HN
Requests
Local LLM support instead of third-party AI
From 2 comments
Thanks but I would like to have a localLM version. I don't want my email sent to any third party for analysis.
smy20011 on HNI wanted to build this, glad you built this! Thank you!... but the AI part needs to run locally for me to even think about using it as it is today.
orliesaurus on HN
Support for non-Gmail providers such as Outlook or JMAP
From 2 comments
"We only support Gmail and Gsuite email accounts today" Nice work here but here's where innovation could start with another smart email client in the crowded market. It seems…
hidelooktropic on HNGmail only :/
theusus on HN
Automatic draft replies for review
From 2 comments
The AI-powered rules thing is revolutionary. I can't even begin to imagine what it can do, but I'd rather it didn't just do it automatically, but rather put it into a queue for…
_xnmw on HNgmail has unubscribe button right at the start of an email. It will take a while to unsubscribe, but I think it's manageable. the AI feature to automatically reply would be…
pandominium on HN
Questions
What security review was done with Google
From 1 comment
"Inbox Zero has undergone a thorough security process with Google to ensure the protection of your emails." Can you go into some more details on this? What security process,…
pnm45678 on HN
Is the public GitHub source the code actually deployed
From 1 comment
How do customers know that the source code on Github is the actual source code used for the product?
gardenhedge on HN
Alternatives named
Mailstrom
From 1 comment
I've been using Mailstrom service on and off for years for bulk classifying my mail and some automated rules, but it seems like they haven't added anything new in years (I think…
tecleandor on HN
Gmail snooze and search
From 2 comments
gmail has a snooze feature, so if you can snooze todo things if you know you can't make immediate progress on them if you don't mind a bit of delay in getting reminded to do…
arccy on HNI stopped doing Inbox Zero when I realized email search (O365 and Gmail in my case) is sufficient for my needs. I just don't have the energy to sort all my email, even with AI…
akeck on HN
OmniFocus for email tasks
From 1 comment
This is me. I eventually got to a place where I was also struggling to deal with _multiple_ todo lists all over the place. I felt like I was either in a place to just email…
mmcclure on HN