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Some Thoughts On Email After Dealing With 500 Emails

38 points by prakash 17y ago

pg 17y ago
"Gmail knows who these people are and I can't for the life of me understand why they don't build a tool to source up all of those emails automatically. Please build that feature google." I think PB said they had built it, but they never released it because they couldn't figure out the right UI.
- revorad 17y ago
  I guess that's something Xobni's already done, but only for Outlook. Would they make something for Gmail?
- physcab 17y ago
  While slightly cumbersome, I think you can create a folder for specific people and then apply a filter to have those e-mails go directly to those folders.
- mattlanger 17y ago
  Indeed, he just referenced it this weekend in his Wave review: http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-i-finally-tried-wave.html http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-i-finally-tried-...
- johns 17y ago
  Seems like the simplest way to implement this would be to add an option in the address book that says 'Automatically apply Label XYZ to this person's incoming messages' (but with less words than that). Or a filter option for the 'From:' box that says 'In my address book' or something like that.
robotrout 17y ago
8) Gmail is life changing. Thank you google. I am also a gmail fan-boy. It makes me crazy to see otherwise intelligent and tech-savvy people use yahoo mail or hotmail. You know who you are. It's almost as painful to me as seeing somebody use IE instead of FF. I'm transitioning my sister, by allowing her to pop3 it into her MS Outlook, which is how I got started. Then the day came when I just quit firing up Outlook.
- cglee 17y ago
  It's not that easy to switch email providers when you have 10+ years of history. I have Yahooo and Gmail accounts, but all my old friends keep sending emails to Yahoo.
  - robotrout 17y ago
    I know. I feel for you. I actually purchased the paid Yahoo account for my wife, so we could pop3 her yahoo over to gmail. (they only allow the pop3 access for paid accounts).
  - bhousel 17y ago
    Gmail has an feature where it will pull over the contacts and mails from your Yahoo account, and tag them with a label: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=117173 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=m...
    - cglee 17y ago
      Migrating contacts isn't the problem. The problem is people keep emailing me at my Yahoo address even when I give them my Gmail address.
      - eru 17y ago
        No problem, you can let gmail fetch emails of any pop3 or imap account. This is what I do with my university email account.
        deleted 17y ago
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hkftgjhd 17y ago
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jasonlbaptiste 17y ago
I'm reposting my comment from Fred's blog here: I've always wondered if a "tweetdeck interface for email" would make sense. Basic column for white listed important people, add columns for filters (search terms, groups of people,etc.) and other parameters. People can write longer emails, but the form factor enforces things to be shorter when they can. Integrate in some simple plugins for media sharing (pictures, video, large doc attachments). It would also know when notifications came in from facebook,twitter,etc. since each service usually uses a certain email address. This is my killer email app. If someone builds it, name your price, and ill be your first customer.
johns 17y ago
I like how he says that brevity != disinterest. I wish this understanding was the norm instead of having to be pointed out.
jonsteinberg 17y ago
I think this plays into the theme that there is a lot of room for people to be more concise in all forms of communication - especially email.
there 17y ago
I let the rest build up in my inbox and try to get to it on the weekends. seems to directly conflict with 4) I like to have conversations via email. this would be like trying to converse with someone over postal mail, except it might even be faster to mail this guy a letter than wait for him to reply next weekend to your email.

38 points by prakash 17y ago

pg 17y ago

"Gmail knows who these people are and I can't for the life of me understand why they don't build a tool to source up all of those emails automatically. Please build that feature google." I think PB said they had built it, but they never released it because they couldn't figure out the right UI.

revorad 17y ago
I guess that's something Xobni's already done, but only for Outlook. Would they make something for Gmail?
physcab 17y ago
While slightly cumbersome, I think you can create a folder for specific people and then apply a filter to have those e-mails go directly to those folders.
mattlanger 17y ago
Indeed, he just referenced it this weekend in his Wave review: http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-i-finally-tried-wave.html http://paulbuchheit.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-i-finally-tried-...
johns 17y ago
Seems like the simplest way to implement this would be to add an option in the address book that says 'Automatically apply Label XYZ to this person's incoming messages' (but with less words than that). Or a filter option for the 'From:' box that says 'In my address book' or something like that.

robotrout 17y ago

8) Gmail is life changing. Thank you google. I am also a gmail fan-boy. It makes me crazy to see otherwise intelligent and tech-savvy people use yahoo mail or hotmail. You know who you are. It's almost as painful to me as seeing somebody use IE instead of FF. I'm transitioning my sister, by allowing her to pop3 it into her MS Outlook, which is how I got started. Then the day came when I just quit firing up Outlook.

cglee 17y ago
It's not that easy to switch email providers when you have 10+ years of history. I have Yahooo and Gmail accounts, but all my old friends keep sending emails to Yahoo.
- robotrout 17y ago
  I know. I feel for you. I actually purchased the paid Yahoo account for my wife, so we could pop3 her yahoo over to gmail. (they only allow the pop3 access for paid accounts).
- bhousel 17y ago
  Gmail has an feature where it will pull over the contacts and mails from your Yahoo account, and tag them with a label: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=117173 http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=m...
  - cglee 17y ago
    Migrating contacts isn't the problem. The problem is people keep emailing me at my Yahoo address even when I give them my Gmail address.
    - eru 17y ago
      No problem, you can let gmail fetch emails of any pop3 or imap account. This is what I do with my university email account.
      - deleted 17y ago
        [deleted]

hkftgjhd 17y ago

--------------------------------- http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com ----http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com ---------------------------- http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com our company lentron is a professional exporting company dealing with name brand footwear, such as Nike etc. All of the products are exported to America, Europe, Middle-east and Southeast Asian countries.and honor with a gooddevelop the market with you. our price $33shoes,$15tshirt,15sunglasess, $13cap,$33jean,$35bag We sincerely hope to cooperate with the customers at home and abroad to develop together. reputation in the international company isa direct exporter and is becoming a brand enterprise integrated with design, production and sales together. With our good service, we believe lentron Trade CO., Ltd. is able to You can see the more photos and the price for our product in our website our website name is in the photos.we have all kinds of brand new shoes,clothing, handbag,sunglasses,hats etc for sale, 8000000% best quality with the cheapestprice. ,they are satisfied with our product .our price $33jordan shoes,$15tshirt,15sunglasess, $13cap,$33jean,$35bag"""" --- http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com ---------------------- http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com ---------------------------------------------- http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com -------------- http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s70 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s70 t-shirt http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s5 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s5 Timberland http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s12 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s12 jordan http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s14 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s14 DUNK http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s29 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s29 air max http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s32 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s32 women boot http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s75 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s75 Jean http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s69 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s69 handbags http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s3 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s3 NBA Jersey http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s76 http://www.ustradebuy.com/productlist.asp?id=s76 Jacket

jasonlbaptiste 17y ago

I'm reposting my comment from Fred's blog here: I've always wondered if a "tweetdeck interface for email" would make sense. Basic column for white listed important people, add columns for filters (search terms, groups of people,etc.) and other parameters. People can write longer emails, but the form factor enforces things to be shorter when they can. Integrate in some simple plugins for media sharing (pictures, video, large doc attachments). It would also know when notifications came in from facebook,twitter,etc. since each service usually uses a certain email address. This is my killer email app. If someone builds it, name your price, and ill be your first customer.

johns 17y ago

I like how he says that brevity != disinterest. I wish this understanding was the norm instead of having to be pointed out.

jonsteinberg 17y ago

I think this plays into the theme that there is a lot of room for people to be more concise in all forms of communication - especially email.

there 17y ago

I let the rest build up in my inbox and try to get to it on the weekends. seems to directly conflict with 4) I like to have conversations via email. this would be like trying to converse with someone over postal mail, except it might even be faster to mail this guy a letter than wait for him to reply next weekend to your email.