Since so much of infomania and information overload relates to the influx of e-mail - and the main focus of my business is on how to manage this debilitating condition - I thought it a good idea to review some programs (or as Mac users call them, applications) that currently push the e-mail management envelope and provide us with a glimpse on how e-mail management will look in the future.
One of the pioneers of email productivity, ClearContext’s Outlook add-in offers dozens of targeted tools to help you get the information you need faster. It’s progressing towards a whole new interface to email, one that’s several steps beyond a plain list of subject lines.
According to their site Clearcontext will:
Instantly file and organize email
- ClearContext keeps your messages organized by automatically suggesting the right folders to instantly file messages and entire conversations with a single click.
- ClearContext highlights the most important messages in your Inbox from your most important contacts.
- Easily follow the conversation with a threaded conversation view as part of each email message.
Browse pictures and documents
Attachments and contacts right at your fingertips! ClearContext lets you instantly:
- See attachments and contacts from emails in each folder.
- Sort, save, and forward those attachments.
- Create distribution lists, meeting requests, etc. from those contacts.
- Explore and preview attachments within Outlook just like folders on your desktop.
Clean up cluttered inboxes
- Unsubscribe from conversations you don’t want to see in your Inbox.
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Too many status and notification emails in your inbox? Many people’s inboxes are clogged with email like:
- Notifications from online services
- Automated log and alert emails from IT applications
- Receipts and status from e-commerce sites
- Notification Managers automatically move these emails out of your inbox into a categorized view so you can quickly process notifications without constant interruptions. Use ClearContext templates or easily create your own customized notification managers.
This video is a great demonstration of how the product works.
For other reviews on this project try the TechCrunch review, see what GigaOm had to say or watch the TechWebTV inerview below with the CEO of ClearContext.
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