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In what cases is unified inbox relevant ? I don't like to mix my personal emails with my work emails. Did sparrow make a clear distinction between which accou

In what cases is unified inbox relevant ? I don't like to mix my personal emails with my work emails. Did sparrow make a clear distinction between which accounts the email was from ?

brianlovin 14y ago
I have 5 email accounts for various side projects - one for all my personal emails, one for a blog that I run where I receive user submissions, one for a product I'm working on now that receives notifications of all new sign-ups and payments. Things like that. I know Gmail lets me pull all those into one inbox with account importing, but there's a limit on those too. Maybe it's just time for me to simplify all my accounts :/
dorian-graph 14y ago
It's relevant for those who do not care about such delineations and find it more efficient or so. I like having the unified inbox for several reasons such as being able to get see a quick overview of my personal/university/work accounts and act relatively to them. Sometimes though I'll switch into one account alone.
- angryasian 14y ago
  i sort of get it, but I switch the tone of how I respond depending on which of my accounts the email is received. Its seems more troublesome to look through them all and try to figure out after the fact.
ursa 14y ago
Good question! Given I work for Unified Inbox, my reply is more about the nature of a unified inbox that what Sparrow are doing. So the reason I use a unified inbox is that I only have to login to one place. I can then choose (using the filters) what work I'm going to concentrate on - eg I might look at the support@ addresses, or my personal ones, or all the addresses of one company/project. It can take a while to learn the use the filters well so you're not presented with an overwhelming list of everything but I'd hate to go back to individual inboxes now :)
tobyruckert 14y ago
Both worlds (business / personal) merge anyway. So a Unified Inbox makes sense eventually. The key is to be in a position to set up individual filters that put you in command and control scenario across communication platforms and devices.

In what cases is unified inbox relevant ? I don't like to mix my personal emails with my work emails. Did sparrow make a clear distinction between which accounts the email was from ?

brianlovin 14y ago

I have 5 email accounts for various side projects - one for all my personal emails, one for a blog that I run where I receive user submissions, one for a product I'm working on now that receives notifications of all new sign-ups and payments. Things like that. I know Gmail lets me pull all those into one inbox with account importing, but there's a limit on those too. Maybe it's just time for me to simplify all my accounts :/

dorian-graph 14y ago

It's relevant for those who do not care about such delineations and find it more efficient or so. I like having the unified inbox for several reasons such as being able to get see a quick overview of my personal/university/work accounts and act relatively to them. Sometimes though I'll switch into one account alone.

angryasian 14y ago
i sort of get it, but I switch the tone of how I respond depending on which of my accounts the email is received. Its seems more troublesome to look through them all and try to figure out after the fact.

ursa 14y ago

Good question! Given I work for Unified Inbox, my reply is more about the nature of a unified inbox that what Sparrow are doing. So the reason I use a unified inbox is that I only have to login to one place. I can then choose (using the filters) what work I'm going to concentrate on - eg I might look at the support@ addresses, or my personal ones, or all the addresses of one company/project. It can take a while to learn the use the filters well so you're not presented with an overwhelming list of everything but I'd hate to go back to individual inboxes now :)

tobyruckert 14y ago

Both worlds (business / personal) merge anyway. So a Unified Inbox makes sense eventually. The key is to be in a position to set up individual filters that put you in command and control scenario across communication platforms and devices.