Monday, April 03, 2017

Gmail Tips Part 3: Boomerang

Before March break I read about a free app/extension for Gmail called Boomerang.  What is Boomerang? It is many things: it reminds you about emails, lets you schedule sending times for emails and can remind you to follow up if you don't hear back from an email.  I installed the Boomerang Extension before the break and have been experimenting with it since.  It lets you postpone incoming messages, so they disappear from your inbox, then reappear after a specified amount of time.

The mobile version has a 5 dollar per month price tag so probably not worth it for me.

While we are talking about delaying emails did you know there is a Gmail option called “undo send”! This gives you a grace period after you hit send – 20 seconds by default – during which you can change your mind and edit (or abandon) your message. You can enable this option in the main settings page, under “general”.

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