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I wrote an email service that actually works for me and my ADHD. (sciactive.com)

submitted 1 year ago by hperrin to c/adhd

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Hi, I’m Hunter Perrin. I created an email service called Port87.

I have ADHD, and keeping my email organized has always been a struggle. Three years ago, I started using a new organization strategy for my email where I’d add plus tags and use filters to move them into labels, “hperrin+whatever@gmail”. This worked for a few months until I got lazy and stopped creating the filters. Then my inbox slowly became just as messy as before.

So I spent the last two years writing my own email service that does it automatically. You can’t even use your address without a label. Everything is organized based on the address you give out, so I have an address for everything.

Anyway, I wanted to share this with you guys. It’s my experience of using my own email service. Obviously, I’m biased, but I still think it’s a valid take on the struggles of email organization with ADHD. If nothing else, maybe the plus tag system can help you out with your current email provider. :)

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

IMO Gmail is just terrible. Back in 2004 it was cool, but it's UX has stagnated for a long time, and almost anything is better. We switched from Outlook to Gmail at work and it's been awful for me. I loved the way Outlook handled meetings and reminders. It was also much easier to identify important mail. Everything looks like junk in Gmail, no matter how I tweak the layout and filters.

Personally I use ProtonMail, and I just started using Zoho too, both are faster, cleaner, and overall a much better experience.

[–] hperrin 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gmail has also started putting ads that look like unread emails. We used to call software that tried to trick you into clicking ads “malware”.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Continue to call it malware, that's perfectly appropriate

[–] ABCDE 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I tried Proton, but there are so few features (search doesn't work like a 'normal' email provider) and it's very limited in general. I went for Fastmail instead which has storage, a great calendar (I work with multiple timezones and it's a lifesaver), and 'masked' email addresses so you can sign up for things and delete it later if you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Gmail supports IMAP, so just use any client you like?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

That's an option for some, it's disabled by our enterprise policy. Anyway, that means setting up a third-party app on multiple systems - not a great solution unless you're in the mood for hosting a web client somewhere.