

Many people employ snoozing in a quest for Inbox Zero, which is indicated by an empty inbox at the end of the day. In Gmail, the defaults are 6:00 PM today, 8:00 AM tomorrow morning, next week, or next weekend. Click a button while reading a message, and it seemingly goes away until a time you specify. If you’re unfamiliar with the email snooze feature-and I hope this explanation won’t entice you to try it out-it gives you the appearance of control over how many messages are waiting for you in your inbox. Unfortunately, snoozing falls into the category of ideas that feel productive but are often detrimental to productivity.


But many third-party email apps have long offered similar snoozing features.Īs part of my research for my book Take Control of Your Productivity, I evaluated many such methods to see which were actually useful. Email snoozing is one such feature that made the news recently when it was incorporated into Gmail after the obsolescence of Google’s Inbox app that first offered it. Many apps today offer features designed to keep you on task and make sure you’re doing what you set out to do an hour ago. #1621: Apple Q3 2022 financials, Slack's new free plan restrictions, which OS features do you use?.#1622: OS feature survey results, Continuity Camera webcam preview, OWC miniStack STX.#1623: How to turn off YouTube's PiP, use AirPlay to Mac, and securely erase Mac drives.#1624: Important OS security updates, rescuing QuickTake 150 photos, AirTag alerts while traveling.#1625: Apple's "Far Out" event, the future of FileMaker, free NMUG membership, Quick Note and tags in Notes, Plex suffers data breach.
