Here Are All the Smart Email Assistants You Can Use to Hit Inbox Zero

Maybe you began 2018 feeling hopeful you’d finally hit the highly desirable Inbox Zero milestone. However, now you’re realizing that goal seems more out of reach than you anticipated.

Fortunately, you don’t need to give up yet. This list of smart email assistants could help you clear out and organize your email box faster than anticipated — and permanently.

1. KnowMail

KnowMail learns your habits and finds the most important emails in your inbox based on those patterns. You can use it on your computer or a mobile device.

What Sets It Apart? The AI-powered interface goes beyond telling you how many urgent emails you need to read. It also gives you an estimated timeframe for doing so, making it easier to plan your day and stay productive.

2. Astro

Astro has helpful filters that sort emails based on previous actions you have taken, such as starred messages or ones you’ve “snoozed” to read later. Tracking features let you know when a recipient opens a message, and gives alerts when emails you send go unanswered. Knowing those things helps you decide what to do based on how people behave.

What Sets It Apart? A unified inbox feature combines all your work and personal emails from Gmail and Microsoft 365 into a single app, saving time you’d otherwise spend switching between interfaces.

3. Trove

Trove is an AI assistant built on the concept that the emails we send could hold the keys to new, beneficial connections with people of influence in our industries — but we don’t know it yet. It’s designed for Gmail, but support for Microsoft 365 is in the works.

Trove could help you reach Inbox Zero by clarifying which of the compiled emails you have are most valuable, and which you could safely delete.

What Sets It Apart? The program combs through your contacts and advises which of the people you know are most likely to help you grow your professional network. You can then request referrals directly in the app and see how long it typically takes a person to send replies.

4. WeMail

This free Android app groups your emails by sender, allowing you to stop trying to find messages you know a person sent, but can’t remember when. It also offers a contextual text search, so when you need to find an email about a topic, but aren’t sure who the sender was, that feature could help.

What Sets It Apart? WeMail offers one-click access to all the pictures or other attachments you and another person ever exchanged. This capability makes it especially helpful if you often transfer essential files between colleagues and don’t want to waste time tracking them down later.

5. Dispatch

This iOS app takes an action-oriented approach to email organization. Tap icons to swiftly deal with emails by triaging them based on characteristics such as content or sender. You can also store most-used replies, saving you from typing them out later. Dispatch is compatible with over two dozen other apps you may already use to get more done, letting you easily send messages to other services such as Dropbox when needed.

What Sets It Apart? There’s an auto-salutation feature that populates your email body with a greeting, letting you get right to the meat of your message without seeming callous.

6. Zero

Marketed as an AI app for law firms, Zero organizes emails and helps users process large volumes of data quickly.

What Sets It Apart? Most AI services process data in the cloud through a third-party service, which poses a potential security risk. However, Zero processes data directly on the end user’s device via edge computing. Also, Zero connects with other systems a law firm uses, such as billing software, helping attorneys use their time wisely.

7. Clara

If you often use email for meeting scheduling, Clara is for you. It understands your preferences and uses that information to help you connect with colleagues.

The service also automatically follows up on meeting requests when required, ensuring recipients don’t overlook them. You could use the time you save to take care of more important things — such as cleaning out your inbox.

What Sets It Apart? Clara can automatically book conference rooms for you. Also, to keep attendees in the loop, the service provides them with meeting details.

Article source: https://www.technobuffalo.com/2018/03/04/here-are-all-the-smart-email-assistants-you-can-use-to-hit-inbox-zero/