Email Survival Guide
· 44 min · Episode 492
Episode Email Survival Guide
This week on AppStories, Federico and John talk about the 10+ email apps they’ve used over the years and how their strategies for dealing with recent spikes in email volume has caused them to change their approaches.
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Email Survival Guide Apps and Services Mentioned
• Spark • Mimestream • Superhuman • Shortwave • Missive • Airmail • Hey • SaneBox • Clean Email • Dispatch • Mailbox • Inbox by Gmail • Mailplane
AI and Automation Tools
• Claude Code • OpenAI Codex • Raycast • Notion
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Links in the notes 20
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inBmVMJR3DM&list=PLDSpdP6G2mHvrG8-MlfOsRXFd4N2V7otL
- https://www.macstories.net/appstories-plans/
- https://appstories.net/faq
- https://decagon.ai/appstories
- https://sparkmailapp.com/
- https://mimestream.com/
- https://superhuman.com/
- https://www.shortwave.com/
- https://missiveapp.com/
- https://airmailapp.com/
- https://www.hey.com/
- https://www.sanebox.com/
- https://clean.email/
- https://www.macstories.net/reviews/dispatch-a-new-email-client-for-ios-with-app-actions-and-snippets/
- https://www.macstories.net/reviews/a-month-with-mailbox/
- https://www.macstories.net/news/google-approaches-email-in-a-new-way-with-inbox/
- https://www.macstories.net/reviews/mailplane-review/
- https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude-code
- https://openai.com/codex/
- https://www.raycast.com/
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