What it does
SaneBox sits alongside your existing email account and uses machine learning to sort incoming messages into folders by importance, so less important mail stays out of the main inbox. The site says it looks only at basics such as sender, subject line and date, and that it never stores full emails or attachments. Among its tools are BlackHole, which removes a sender from your inbox permanently, a Daily Digest summarising unopened low-priority messages, Snooze to hold an email until a later time, and reminders when someone has not replied to your message by a chosen time. It also offers one-click unsubscribing. It works with Gmail, Microsoft 365, Apple iCloud, Yahoo! Mail and Fastmail, as well as any IMAP, Microsoft Exchange or ActiveSync server, and the site says there is nothing to download. Access is granted over OAuth and can be revoked at any time. The site claims users spend three to four hours less per week on email.
Capabilities
- Automatic sorting of incoming email into folders by importance
- BlackHole to remove unwanted senders for good
- Daily Digest of unopened, less important messages
- Snooze and reminders if a message gets no reply
- One-click unsubscribe
- Works with Gmail, Microsoft 365, iCloud, Yahoo, Fastmail and any IMAP or Exchange account
When to use it
- Your inbox is crowded with newsletters and low-value messages
- You want reminders when people do not answer your emails
- You use more than one email provider and want one approach across them
