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Email that sorts itself

Never sort your inbox againBefore anyone opens it

Every message read, filed and sent to whoever deals with it, as it arrives. You open an inbox that has already been handled and read only what genuinely needs you.

Your mailbox stays where it is, and nothing changes for the people emailing you.

Your inbox · this morning
Handled today312
Needed a human7
Left unread0
Renewal paperwork, Halcyon GroupFiled to Renewals, matched signed agreement98%
Can someone call me back about my policyForwarded to Dolores, service request95%
Invoice 4471Filed to Accounts, forwarded to bookkeeping97%
RE: RE: FW: the thing we discussedCould not classify, left for a human54%
Webinar invitationFiled to Promotions, archived99%

Example inbox

The problem

Email is a full time job you didn't apply for

Hundreds of messages a day, and reading them is the least valuable work you do. The one that actually mattered is somewhere on page four.

A morning disappears into the inbox

Opened, judged and dragged into a folder, one at a time. Most of a morning gone before the real work starts.

The urgent one gets buried

It lands between two newsletters late on a Friday. Nobody sees it until Monday, by which point it’s a complaint.

You never reach the bottom

More arrives than you can clear, so the backlog only ever grows and the oldest messages quietly stop mattering.

No backlog

Every message handled the moment it arrives

Mail is read, filed and passed to whoever deals with that kind of thing, the moment it lands. By the time you open the inbox, the routine mail has already gone and what is left is what genuinely needs you.

  • Filed or passed on straight away, so nothing queues up behind anything else.
  • The routine mail never reaches a person, which is most of what arrives.
  • An empty inbox by the time you look, with the exceptions waiting at the top.
Where it went
Sent onService request to DoloresCan someone call me back about my policy
FiledRenewals, Halcyon GroupSigned agreement attached
FiledAccounts to bookkeepingInvoice 4471
ArchivedPromotionsWebinar invitation
AskedLeft for a personToo vague to place with confidence

Example routing

Before anything is automated

Find the ideal folder structure first, then watch the magic happen

Some businesses already have folders that work. Most don’t, and nobody has ever had time to fix that. The structure gets sorted out first, kept if it works and rebuilt around the business if it doesn’t, and only then does anything start filing itself.

  • Your folders kept if they work, and a better set designed if they do not.
  • Who deals with what is learned as well, so questions reach the right desk without anyone saying so.
  • A new kind of mail is worked out from scratch, without anyone being asked.
Learned from your inbox
Service requestsGoes to Dolores, who has always handled theseSent on
RenewalsFiled, and the account owner is toldFiled
Accounts and invoicesFiled, and bookkeeping gets a copyBoth
PromotionsFiled and archived, nobody is toldArchived
Anyone mentioning cancelingSent on and flagged the same minuteFlagged

Example routing

The one that matters

Nothing urgent gets left behind

The message that would have sat unread all weekend is recognized for what it is and sent straight to whoever can deal with it, flagged so it does not join a queue.

  • Anger, cancellation and urgency are spotted, not just keywords in a subject line.
  • Straight to a named person, never into a folder to be found later.
  • Out of hours mail is waiting on the right desk rather than buried in a weekend backlog.
Friday, 17:52
Yesterday312
Forwarded88
For you7
Needs you4 could not be classifiedMostly forwarded threads with no subject
Watch3 mentioned cancelingRouted to Dolores and flagged
Routine217 filed, 88 forwardedNo action needed

Example evening

No silent mistakes

Anything unclear gets sent to the right person

A vague forward with no subject and no context doesn’t get filed somewhere nobody looks. That one is set aside and put in front of a person, because a wrong guess is worse than a question.

  • Unclear mail is set aside, not filed into the nearest folder.
  • A short list, not a second inbox, because most mail isn’t ambiguous.
  • Whatever a person decides is remembered, so the same question isn’t asked twice.
Left for a person · today
Handled305
Asked about7
Filed wrongly0
Asked“RE: RE: FW: the thing we discussed”No subject, no context, no named account
AskedAttachment only, no messageCould be a renewal or an invoice

Example exceptions

No new habits

Everything runs on the mailbox you already use

No new app to learn, no address for anyone to update and no change for the people emailing you. The mailbox connects once and nothing after that needs anyone.

  • Whatever mail system you run today works, so nothing has to move.
  • You keep the inbox you know, with far less in it.
  • Nobody emailing you notices anything, except a faster reply.
So far
Handled6,240
Busiest day418
Left unread0
BeforeEvery message opened, judged and dragged by hand, most of a morning.
AfterThe inbox is sorted before the day starts. All that’s left is the exceptions.

Example data

The setup

How to get started

We connect the mailbox and do the rest.

1

One connection to the mailbox

Whatever mail system you already run, connected once. Nothing changes for anyone sending you email.

2

We do the training

The folder structure gets settled first, then the way mail has been handled becomes the standard. Nothing for you to write or maintain.

3

The inbox starts running itself

Mail is sorted as it arrives, the urgent things reach a person, and the rest stops needing anyone.

Before you book

Frequently Asked Questions

What is an email sorting app?

An email sorting app reads incoming mail and decides what to do with each message, so an inbox is triaged before a person opens it. Emily reads every message as it arrives, files it or sends it on to whoever handles that kind of thing, and passes on anything too unclear to place.

The folder structure

Yours is used if it works, and a better one is designed if it does not, which is the more common case. From there the way mail has been handled until now is enough to work out who deals with what, and there’s nothing for you to write down.

An unclear message

Anything too vague to place goes straight to a person rather than into a folder nobody looks at. Whatever that person decides is remembered, so the same question doesn’t come up again.

Changing how something is routed

Whatever you want handled differently takes effect from the next message on. Most teams never ask.

Your mail system

Whatever you run today works. We connect it for you, and that’s a one time job.

Whether anything gets deleted

Nothing is ever deleted. Mail is filed, sent on, marked read or archived, and everything stays where you can find it.

Where your data lives

In your own workspace, kept separate from every other customer. Your mail stays in your own mailbox.

Book a live demo

A short call, walking through work already done. Tell us how your mail arrives now and you will know quickly whether this is a fit.

No obligation, and nothing to install to take a look.