Gmail plugin that lets send (or receive) email later [invites]

http://thenextweb.com/apps/2010/08/12/boomerang-for-gmail-send-and-receive-email-when-its-handy-for-you/?awesm=tnw.to_16g7C&utm_medium=tnw.to-other&utm_source=direct-tnw.to&utm_content=twitter-publisher-other

by zeedotme • 16 years ago

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jmaygarden2• 16 years ago

Can anyone vouch for this company? The plug-in looks useful, but I'm paranoid about giving out access to my email account.

champion• 16 years ago

Sure, I know Alex and he's a very trustworthy guy, in as much as you should trust a guy from MIT ;-) (Those beaver rings are some kind of secret decoder ring I'm sure of it.)

He's been working on making email more useful for a while, and was in the same TechStars Cambridge class I was last summer.

jmaygarden2• 16 years ago

I was already sold by this quote from the CEO: "When neither pillaging nor developing, Alex enjoys watching Alabama football games..."

Installing the plug-in now. Roll Tide!

motocycle• 16 years ago

you have my word :)

freerobby• 16 years ago

Alex is good people. :)

appswell• 16 years ago

In response to Jmaygarden, I've used their plug-ins before, and have met the guys behind this project as well. They're a trustworthy Boston based company, and excited to finally get to use this for Gmail, where I do most of my mail.

tom• 16 years ago

Boomerang rocks. It's the simple functionality that I've wanted in my inbox for YEARS. I get a cubic butt-load of email and the problem with it, is it's all on the schedule of someone else. I need to deal with things, but not right now, but if I don't, it gets lost below the fold. I've tried special labels (and compound special labels). I've tried starring things (and plus labels and compound special labels). I've tried reminders outside of email. I've failed at all of them. Inbox 1, Tom 0 - though it's more like Inbox 365, Tom 0. Failing at this is VERY bad for a bootstrapping startup founder. You cannot afford to drop these balls.

Boomerang started as a get stuff in your inbox when it's relevant tool and that's been the biggest win for me. But the scheduled sending is quickly rooting itself into my email workflow. I am almost always heads down coding late at night and will often take breaks to wade through some email. Replying to everything at 3am is not ideal as I then get caught in the 4 - 8am slam of crap email that fills everyone's inbox. Choosing to have my stuff hit an inbox at 10 or 11am, so I'm after the crap and before lunch rocks. Wait, did I just give up one of my super secret competitive advantages over all the rest of you startup folks?

Anyway, I've been using Boomerang since early in their alpha. I've also know the Baydin team really well (we went through TS together in 2009) for a while. Good guys working really hard to solve real problems and make email not suck.

Is it perfect? Not yet. It requires a new version of FF, the Boomerang button is on the left of the Save Now button when you're composing (change this please Alex!), and it can't reply to my email for me, but so far it's pretty freaking awesome. Inbox 0, Tom 1.

PStamatiou• 16 years ago

The Firefox & Chrome extensions can be found here it appears (via a Scoble tweet): http://www.baydin.com/boomerang4gmail/download/

hendrakieran• 16 years ago

If that doesn't work, try this instead: Chrome: http://www.baydin.com/boomerang4gmail/download/boomerangforg... Firefox: http://www.baydin.com/boomerang4gmail/download/boomerangforg...

drusenko• 16 years ago

In case anybody knows:

- Does this plug-in send any data from the client to their server?

- Why does the plug-in require access to my history?

- What is the relative possibility that someone could gain access to (a) read existing mail/mail headers, (b) have ongoing access to read my mail/mail headers?

acqq• 16 years ago

It's simple if you think about it: the company has its own servers, and as far as I understand, what presented as a "plugin" is a browser extension.

So yes, I'm very sure it's not something that runs only on your machine and only communicates with google.

Call me paranoid, but I wouldn't give one more company the access to my e-mail. However it seems quite common today, that's what a lot of "social" sites prompt people and they gladly enter the login data.

JimmyL2• 16 years ago

I would love this if it were an Outlook plugin (or even better, a BlackBerry app) - but I'm guessing that the Enterprise market will come much later, if at all.

In the meantime - or if you don't use Gmail - I find hitmelater.com is good for something like this, although I'm not crazy about their lack of timing granularity.

danwolff2• 16 years ago

After entering code: "We've heard things like 'this has totally changed my work life' about Boomerang for Outlook, and we hope you'll have the same experience with Boomerang for Gmail!"

For Outlook 2003, 2007, and 2010 it's a 14-day Trial ($14.95 purchase) at http://www.baydin.com/boomerang/

So, not free, but it's available.

JimmyL2• 16 years ago

That's what I get for simply reading the article, as opposed to clicking through - thanks!

Now to begin the crusade to get IT to let me install this...

ckeller• 16 years ago

Jimmy, use http://www.FollowUp.cc. It's a way better version of HML. Also, for anyone who's not into using browser extensions or uses other interfaces to their email, FollowUp works through email in general. Give it a go, you won't be disappointed.

axiom• 16 years ago

Bah. Doesn't work in Google apps. Shame, it looks really useful.

jasonlotito• 16 years ago

Well... that's interesting. A bit like my own new 'startup' DuctMail. Except rather than a plugin, DuctMail is usable from any email system. Works the same way though. Send an email, tell DuctMail when you want it to send you the email later, and it sends back the email. No plugins required. Works with email.

OrangeGuutan• 16 years ago

b4gtweet

Enjoy :)

sebastianavina• 16 years ago

Two word: GOOGLE CALENDAR

Gmail plugin that lets send (or receive) email later [invites]

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