Astro alternatives

Been using Polymail for about a month now and it’s honestly changed how I handle email. I wasn’t expecting much -- figured I’d test it for a week and bounce -- but I haven’t gone back. It’s got the obvious stuff like read receipts and follow-up nudges, but for me the most value is in the little things: Snoozing an email until Monday morning, scheduling one to send late at night when I know the person’s back online, seeing exactly when someone opens a thread so I don’t send a “just following up” at the wrong time. I used to glue together Gmail + 4 Chrome extensions to kinda simulate this, but it was janky and broke all the time. Polymail works... and it looks good doing it. Mobile experience is solid too which is rare for email tools. I’ve actually been using the iPhone app more than I thought I would. Clean and responsive with no weird bugs. And this might sound dumb, but I actually enjoy email again. It feels like I’m operating with leverage instead of doing admin cleanup. Recommendation: if you live in your inbox, or email is part of how you build pipeline, stay organized, or close deals... you’ll probably feel the same.

I had Outlook and Gmail forever. Hey's re-imagining of the inbox to the Imbox and other features have given me control over email again. Bubble up feature is also very helpful. Now I am starting to use the calendar also. I just wish companies would buy it so I could also use it at work.

New: looking for more creative focused capabilities but seeing many new possibilities for organizational success.

Before Dispatch, I was way too comfortable with the "Mark Unread" option. Inefficiently reading, and re-reading the same message over and over until the time of taking action could align with when I viewed it. Why not just use Slack Reminders? Well, you my friend must not be an avid user of Slack because… Well, they suck. All-in-all my entire team (me included) was inundated with less important channel messages (if you also use Slack as your company's brain, you'll understand this), and the important/time-sensitive messages always fell by the wayside. Slack simply was not a joy to use, but rather a time-sink. After Dispatch, I actually… Enjoyed checking Slack. (yup 🤯). I'm able to treat Slack like email, triaging through messages (especially in the world with Slack Connect and countless external Slack channels, it's more email-like than ever)—simply put, Dispatch pulls Slack into the modern age of messaging. I can now actually prioritize channels and messages, while easily snoozing and revisiting messages at the critical time that I need to see them again. I actually feel like my team members see my messages on Slack now? It has encouraged my team to also use proper threading, so our Slack is more organized and cleaner than ever. Dispatch just does what Slack could never do, it has made the once overwhelming tool a joy to use. Genuinely dread the idea of not being able to use it again. You simply can't go back. Use it solo or with a team—it makes Slack 2–3x better.