Email Apps to Help You Manage That Overflowing Inbox

The email client with its own personal assistant

With Edison Mail, you can manage just about any of your accounts from one place. It doesn't matter if you're using iCloud, Google, AOL, Outlook, Exchange, Office 365, Yahoo Mail, or a simple IMAP account. Edison Mail supports them all. Since Edison is designed to be your one-stop shop for all of your email needs, it doesn't end the setup after you configure your first account. Instead, it asks if you want to add another. Once you have your accounts configured, you can enjoy a sleek, functional unified inbox that brings all of your email messages together. Reading messages is lovely, as is composing new ones. The composition window is sparse and simple, but still looks great. You just can't do much with rich text. However, there is an "Undo Send" feature that is quite useful. If you've ever forgotten to attach a file or photo to your email, you know what I'm talking about.

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One of the most amazing features of Edison Mail is the built-in personal assistant. This establishes several "smart" mailboxes, that catch everything from subscriptions to travel itineraries and tickets. You can also easily find tracking numbers for packages in your emails, bills and receipts, concert and other event tickets, and more. In subscriptions, you can quickly and easily unsubscribe to stop those pesky newsletters. With as predominant as email hacking has become, another outstanding feature of Edison Mail is its security mailbox. You can scan each of your email accounts to determine if they've possibly been compromised from recent public data breaches. The app works around the clock monitoring underground sites and databases for the email addresses you have connected to the app. As soon as it finds a match with one of your email accounts, Edison Mail alerts you of the breach. This extra layer of security helps you keep your inboxes as safe and secure as possible.

With the template feature, you can save time when writing certain emails by using customizable and reusable text blocks. That can come in handy in a number of situations when you write similar emails on a regular basis. Other new features include the ability to attach video when composing a message and the removal of developer branding in the Quick Replies features Spark is designed for the iPhone and all iPad models. It can be downloaded now on the App Store for free. An update for the Mac app is also available to download with the new templates feature. Back in May, the app was updated to version 2.0 with a big focus on teams. Team members can work together to compose a email in real time. A number of different third-party integrations were added including with Reminders, 2Do, Omnifocus, Things, Wunderlist, Todoist, Asana, Trello, and Bear. While the app is free, a premium membership is available for $7.99 per user monthly. That will double the amount of storage per team member to 10GB, allow unlimited collaborators, bring team roles and control, and priority support. The free version has a maximum of 5GB of storage per team member and two collaborators per email. If you’re looking for an alternative to Apple’s Mail app, it’s hard to go wrong with Spark. The smart inbox separates email into three different categories - personal, notifications, and newsletters. That makes it easy to tackle what’s really important quickly. There are also other great features like email scheduling and snooze.

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Finally, the iOS version has added a number of different third-party integrations with Reminders, 2Do, Omnifocus, Things, Wunderlist, Todoist, Asana, Trello, Bear, and Files. Spark 2 is designed for the iPhone and all iPad models. It can be downloaded now on the App Store for free. An update for the Mac app is also available to download. While the app is free, a premium membership is available for $7.99 per user monthly. That will double the amount of storage per team member to 10GB, allow unlimited collaborators, bring team roles and control, and priority support. The free version has a maximum of 5GB of storage per team member and two collaborators per email. While there are a huge number of email apps available to download on the App Store, Spark is definitely one of the best. It offers a unique and powerful way to manage an email deluge. The smart inbox separates email into three different categories - personal, notifications, and newsletters. That makes it easy to tackle what’s really important quickly. The app also has a number of other great features like email scheduling and snooze.

For those looking to declutter their email.

MailTime is a mobile messenger built with email technology. It’s email as quick and easy as texting, and messaging without forcing all your contacts to download the same app. It syncs all your desktop emails and smartly sort them into conversational emails and newsletters so you can deal with your inbox easily on the go. MailTime supports Gmail, iCloud, Yahoo, Outlook, AOL, Office 365, Mail.ru, Hotmail, QQ,163, 126, Tencent Enterprise, Sina Mail, Google Apps Mail services. You can also attach files from Dropbox, iCloud, Google Drive, Box, and One Drive with MailTime.

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It's email meets social media!

For those who want to deal with their inbox, tasks, and calendar from one app.

Handle is great for extremely busy people. You can manage your to-do list on a daily timeline, take a gander at your inbox, and view your calendar all from within Handle. Swiping from to the right will even turn an email into a task that you can add to your to-do list. The app is quite polished looking, but isn't an app you want if you prefer a simple check list.

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We deal with email daily and sometimes those emails end up being to-dos for the day, or the next day. Handle lets us treat our email as to-dos when necessary, while also being a convenient standalone task manager. And having your calendar just a tap away makes it easy to organize important meetings with others, all without having to leave your inbox.

For anyone who uses Gmail and prefers the native web view.

Users can now select to only receive a notification when they receive a high-priority email. That’s determined by both Gmail’s machine learning and artificial intelligence. Available now for iOS devices, head to the Settings menu of the app. Then select High-priority only. Designed for the iPhone and all iPad models, Gmail can be downloaded now on the App Store for free. Just last month, the app also added two great features. The snooze button allows users to put off an email that they'd like to get back to later. It also brought the ability to send and request money as Gmail attachment using Google Pay. The payment system is available to anyone with an email address. While I mostly use Spark for my Gmail accounts, Google has done a nice job to make their official app even better and a serious option for many users who need a powerful way to manage their email.

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For those who are looking for an easy to use interface with fast speed and free cloud storage.

After giving or sending mom that special gift, just open up the Yahoo Mail app to create a special note on personalized stationery. Click Compose and then select the “folded” stationery card of your choice. Just add a special note and hit Send. With the special stationery, there is also a hand-picked selection of Mother’s Day GIFs in a number of different categories including love, hearts, puppies, flowers, and more. Along with the iOS app, the special stationery is available on Yahoo Mail’s web interface. The feature is for users in the US, Canada, Germany, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Yahoo Mail is designed for both the iPhone and all iPad models. It can be downloaded now on the App Store for free.

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Yahoo Mail brings responsiveness, attractiveness, and ease-of-use for Yahoo users.