> But the biggest win with stand-alone mail clients is that you can make them work the way you want. Most email clients, especially web-based clients like Gmail

> But the biggest win with stand-alone mail clients is that you can make them work the way you want. Most email clients, especially web-based clients like Gmail, have a workflow in mind. If it’s not your workflow, too bad. You can bend them a little bit, but you never really get the freedom to use them the way you want. Vivaldi Mail has some sensible defaults, but just like the web browser it lives inside of, the settings are fully customizable. > This is the first step in improving your productivity—establishing a software workflow that conforms to your brain’s specific contours. Well, I don't think any email client will solve my email problems. I forward email messages into my project management apps and deal with them there. I've never found email clients to be particularly good at managing projects.