Unreplied — Smart Gmail label for emails you're waiting a reply to

@_jacksmith Ditto. I used to use Boomerang and use Right Inbox instead now but same concept.

@thetylerhayes why did you switch?

@_jacksmith yeah Boomerang is awesome - I'm just lazy and forget to click the thing. This gives me a view on every single unreplied one - then I decide which ones to act on.

@_jacksmith Boomerang's pricing structure kept getting higher and higher, so I wanted to see what else existed. Turns out: Right Inbox looks and feels like a much more native Gmail integration so I stuck with it.

@stefanobernardi Since you're somewhat of a BD man at Betable, how long have you wanted this for yourself? Before you built this, what, if anything, did you use for this same tracking/functionality?

@ZackShapiro for a good while! Not only externally but also for internal emails. Before I just searched in my sent folder, horrible.

@ajwaxman that is impressive to say the least. Unfortunately, I use Gmail mostly from Mailbox on my iPhone and I can't set labels easily there.

@stefanobernardi very true! Been waiting for someone to come out w/ a good iOS app that integrates labels well

@ajwaxman Oh my, this is a beautiful use of Gmail - I didn't realise that's what the multi-inbox Lab feature could be used for, but I'm definitely going to give it a try. Thanks for sharing :) Nice one @andreasklinger!

@mg thanks Matt!

@stefanobernardi is it possible to move the label or change the name? I'd love to move it under [Mailbox] so that I can actually see these from on the go.

@mg I'm pretty sure you can move it without any problems once created. I use the label_id so I don't really care where it is or what it's named - so if Gmail doesn't change the label_id you'll be fine.

@_jacksmith ha, I forgot about that. I don't use the same mechanism as I wanted to try out Gmail's new APIs, but that looks really easy :)

@stefanobernardi awesome. I'm sure that this is a way cleaner implementation then

@danerobert Agree!

@riaface @danerobert thanks! I would generally agree, but given this is a set-and-forget it product + a side project where I won't have too much marketing / re-engagement effort - I decided to go at it this way.

Thanks for the shoutouts (@kchau, @_jacksmith @mg). Just glad I could help move us closer to a solution to this problem. @stefanobernardi love the quick execution! Mostly, I'm just glad someone finally made this into a business :D FWIW, I personally still prefer my version since nothing leaves Gmail. Email privacy and security is so important, especially when getting access to a bank, social or business account is as simple as hitting "Forgot Password." Context.io definitely helps simplify things, but ultimately, they're still reading your email: "As soon as a mailbox is connected, we create a metadata index of its content starting from the most recent emails which become available from the API within seconds." If you're interested in extending the stuff I've already done using Google Scripts, I highly recommend checking out the docs on how to publish it as a web app: https://developers.google.com/ap.... Keep crushing it!

@hijonathan thanks dude! Depending on how it goes I might just switch to that :) I've tried using context.io but it sucked. While I don't read the emails, I certainly could with the access I have, so trust is def a point.

@riaface thanks! It creates an Unreplied label in Gmail and attaches it to every non-replied thread.

@MikePreuss yeah exactly - just trying to cover costs :) We can dev do a $29.99 annual plan :)

@SacBookReviewer thanks, we'll see :) The important thing is that it works for me!