Notion Mail is a powerful but lightweight email client for busy people

A few years ago, I gave up on my Gmail inbox. I used to be meticulous. I would assign labels to every new email that came in, starring those that I wanted to find later easily. But between a job in journalism and way too much spam, the volume of new messages became unmanageable. And as of this article, I have more than 21,000 unread emails. After trying Notion's new email client, I might have a chance to reclaim my inbox. With Notion Mail, Notion isn't trying to reinvent email. "I feel like every email client has their own system, and many have a religious onboarding experience," Notion Mail Lead Andrew Milich tells me over video chat. "You know, it's either keyboard shortcuts, a screening feature, a chatbox or something else. We tried to do something more lightweight." Milich knows a thing or two about rigid email apps. Before joining Notion, he was the co-founder of Skiff , a startup that offered, among other things, end-to-end encrypted email. Notion acquired Skiff at the start of ... Read full article.