# Email Survival Guide

An episode of [AppStories](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1227872143), 6 Jul 2026, 44 min.

Audio: https://mgln.ai/e/613/pscrb.fm/rss/p/media.transistor.fm/03ab3a3b/bd1d7112.mp3

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. On AppStories+, Federico and John update listeners on their summertime agentic coding projects. Also available on YouTube here. Subscribe here. We deliver AppStories+ to subscribers with bonus content, ad-free, and at a high bitrate early every week. To learn more about an AppStories+ subscription, visit our Plans page, or read the AppStories+ FAQ. This episode is sponsored by: • Decagon: The AI concierge for every customer. Get a personalized demo. 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 Leave Feedback for John and Federico • AppStories Feedback Form Follow us on Mastodon • AppStories • Federico Viticci • John Voorhees Follow us on Bluesky • AppStories • MacStories • Federico Viticci • John Voorhees Join Annual $50/yearJoin Monthly $5/month

## Chapters

- 0:00 Email Survival Guide
- 1:35 Our Relationships with Email
- 8:33 Our Long Email App History
- 17:14 Sponsor: Decagon
- 19:33 Our Current Approach

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