Email Survival Guide

How We're Dealing with Unprecedented Email Volume Using Apps

Show Notes

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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