Blog

Notes on email, triage, and focus.

Product Updates

One inbox, every provider: Outlook and Microsoft 365 land in STAMP

STAMP v0.6.0 connects Outlook.com and Microsoft 365 over Graph, adds identities to the composer, and merges threads that were always one conversation.

· 4 min

Product Updates

Send later, folders, tags and search that reads attachments

STAMP v0.4.0 adds scheduled sending, a real filing system, and a search field that looks inside attachments across every account.

· 3 min

Product Updates

STAMP is reborn: why we rebuilt the whole app for v0.1.0

The first public build of STAMP is also a complete rebuild, on Tauri 2, Svelte 5 and SQLite. Here is what the prototype taught us and why we started over.

· 4 min

Pillar

How to actually reach inbox zero (and stay there)

Inbox zero is not a folder system. It is a daily decision about what deserves your attention. Here is the system that actually works in 2026.

· 7 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Superhuman — what's the actual difference?

Superhuman is a fast keyboard layer. STAMP is a triage layer. Same audience, different bet. Here is the honest comparison from a builder.

· 7 min

Persona

The founder's email triage system

A triage system that survived three startups, two acquisitions, and one bankruptcy. Designed for founders with eight minutes between meetings.

· 7 min

Workflow

Keyboard shortcuts every email power user should know

A working list of the email shortcuts that pay back the time it takes to memorize them. Covers Gmail, Apple Mail, Superhuman, and STAMP.

· 6 min

Pillar

Why your inbox feels broken in 2026

Email volume tripled. Email tools didn't. Here is why every inbox in 2026 feels like a part-time job nobody hired you for.

· 6 min

Privacy

On-device email classification, explained

How email triage works without sending your inbox to a server. The architecture, the tradeoffs, and why we made the bet.

· 7 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Apple Mail — when to switch

Apple Mail is free, native, and fine for casual use. Here is when it stops being enough, and when STAMP is the right upgrade.

· 6 min

Workflow

The J/K mental model — why terminal-style email feels right

J for next, K for previous. Why a keyboard convention from 1976 still feels like the most efficient way to read email in 2026.

· 5 min

Pillar

The 7-email rule — how to know which emails matter today

You can give thoughtful attention to about seven emails a day. Here is the rule we built STAMP around, and how to apply it whether you use STAMP or not.

· 6 min

Privacy

Why your email client shouldn't read your email

A primary email client sees more of your private life than your bank does. Here is why "AI features" should never be the reason your inbox visits a server you don't own.

· 6 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Gmail web — who should leave Gmail

Gmail web is the default. Default does not mean optimal. Here is who should keep using gmail.com and who is leaving real time on the table.

· 6 min

Persona

Email for indie hackers — less time replying, more time shipping

Indie hackers and solo founders run support, marketing, and sales out of one inbox. Here is the lean system that keeps email under an hour a day.

· 6 min

Pillar

Stop letting newsletters set your morning

Forty unread newsletters are not a backlog. They are someone else's editorial calendar competing with your own. Here is how to take your morning back.

· 5 min

Privacy

IMAP, SMTP, OAuth — what actually happens when you connect an account

A plain-language explanation of the three protocols that move every email you send and receive. What they do, where they leak, and what to look for.

· 6 min

Comparison

Best macOS email clients in 2026 (honest review)

A working list of the best email clients for macOS in 2026, with honest opinions on who each one is for. Yes, we make one of them.

· 9 min

Persona

How operators handle 300 emails a day

Chiefs of staff, COOs, and operators who actually run companies see hundreds of emails a day. Here is how the calmest of them handle it.

· 7 min

Workflow

Snooze done right — when "remind me later" actually helps

Snooze is one of the most useful and most misused email primitives. Here is when it earns its keep, when it is just procrastination, and how STAMP draws the line.

· 5 min

Pillar

Multiple email accounts — the hidden cost of context-switching

Three accounts in two windows is a tax you pay every workday in attention, not dollars. Here is what it costs and how to stop paying it.

· 6 min

Privacy

Email privacy in 2026 — what to ask before you trust a client

A short, practical framework for evaluating email-client privacy in 2026. Five questions, five red flags, and one thing every honest vendor should publish.

· 5 min

Comparison

Hey vs Superhuman vs STAMP — which one is right for you

Three opinionated email clients. Three different bets. Here is who each one is built for, written by people who built one of them.

· 7 min

Workflow

How to never touch the mouse for email again

A practical, opinionated guide to a mouse-free email workflow on macOS. The shortcuts, the habits, and the one trick that actually closes the loop.

· 5 min

Pillar

The case against folders

Folders are a librarian's answer to a triage problem. Here is why they fail at modern email volume, and what to use instead.

· 5 min

Privacy

A plain-English breakdown of where your email is stored today

A walkthrough of where your mail physically and logically lives across Gmail, iCloud, and IMAP, and how a local client cache fits in.

· 6 min

Workflow

Why read receipts and typing indicators don't belong in email

Email is asynchronous by design, and importing chat-app pressure signals like read receipts and typing indicators works against the medium, not with it.

· 5 min

Persona

Affiliate marketing your email client — a transparent breakdown

We give 2 free months for every referral. Here is the math, the reasoning, and the unusually transparent version of the affiliate program nobody asked us to share.

· 5 min

Comparison

Why we built STAMP instead of forking Mailspring

Forking an open-source email client is the responsible thing to do. We chose not to. Here is why we wrote STAMP from scratch instead.

· 6 min

Workflow

Cmd+K everywhere — the case for command palettes

The command palette is the single best UI primitive of the last decade. Here is why it belongs in your email client, and how STAMP uses it.

· 5 min

Pillar

Why "AI summaries" of your inbox are the wrong fix

Every email client now ships an AI summary. They solve a problem you should not have. Here is the deeper argument for triage over summarization.

· 6 min

Persona

Why we charge $9/month forever (and not $30)

The pricing argument behind STAMP. Why we did not chase the $30 premium, why $9 is locked forever, and what kind of company that is supposed to make us.

· 6 min

Pillar

Email triage — the missing layer between you and your inbox

Your inbox is a list. Your job is a set of priorities. The thing missing in between is triage. Here is what triage means and why nobody has built it well.

· 7 min

Guides

How to clean out a 10,000-email backlog without panicking

A concrete plan for clearing a massive unread backlog using bulk triage instead of reading every message one by one.

· 7 min

Pillar

Inbox zero is dead. Here's what actually works.

Inbox zero stopped meaning anything around 2017. Here is why the term outlived its usefulness, and what a saner version looks like in 2026.

· 6 min

Pillar

The freelancer's guide to surviving 4 client inboxes

Three client domains, one personal Gmail, a dormant iCloud. Here is the system we use to keep four inboxes from eating a freelancer's week.

· 7 min

Guides

A beginner's guide to email keyboard shortcuts

A gentle starting point for anyone who has never used an email shortcut before, building from three keys to a full keyboard-first habit.

· 5 min

Workflow

Templates and snippets: the fastest way to answer the same question twice

A practical guide to building a personal snippet library for repeated email answers, and when to templatize versus write it fresh.

· 6 min

Privacy

Why we don't want your data, even if you'd let us have it

A founder's case for why user email data is a liability, not an asset, for a subscription-funded client, and why STAMP is built to never hold it.

· 5 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Canary Mail: AI features vs on-device triage

Canary Mail writes and summarizes with cloud AI. STAMP classifies entirely on-device. The privacy tradeoff is the real story.

· 7 min

Pillar

Why most email redesigns change the paint, not the problem

New email apps keep reskinning the same unread list. Here is why that's not a redesign, and what STAMP is betting on instead.

· 6 min

Persona

Email for remote teams spread across time zones

Why inbox zero is the wrong goal for async, time-zone-spread teams, and what actually keeps communication moving without anyone working at midnight.

· 6 min

Guides

Connecting a custom IMAP account: what to have ready first

A practical checklist of the server details and passwords you need before adding a custom IMAP or SMTP account, plus the mistakes that cause most failed connections.

· 6 min

Workflow

How to batch email without missing the urgent one

Batching email two or three times a day is good advice until something urgent arrives between checks, here is how urgency scoring resolves the tension.

· 5 min

Privacy

OAuth scopes explained: what you are actually granting Gmail access to

A plain-English breakdown of Gmail and Google OAuth scopes, what each permission level actually allows, and how to check what you have already granted.

· 6 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Unibox: unified inbox, two different bets

Unibox groups mail by person. STAMP ranks it by urgency and keeps classification on-device. Here is what actually separates the two.

· 6 min

Pillar

The case for a single window, no matter how many accounts you run

App-switching between Gmail, Outlook, and iCloud isn't a minor inconvenience. Here is the case for one merged window instead.

· 5 min

Persona

The ecommerce operator's guide to support-inbox triage

How solo ecommerce operators handle seasonal support spikes with an urgent-first triage system instead of drowning in same-priority tickets.

· 6 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Airmail: power-user features vs on-device triage

Airmail is a deep customization toolkit. STAMP is an opinionated triage layer. Here is the honest tradeoff between the two.

· 7 min

Pillar

What separates an email client from an email triage layer

Most email clients are just faster IMAP readers. Here is the actual distinction between a client and a triage layer, and why it matters.

· 6 min

Guides

Setting up STAMP with Google Workspace, step by step

A concrete walkthrough for connecting a Google Workspace account to STAMP, including what the OAuth consent screen actually asks for.

· 6 min

Privacy

The real privacy cost of free email clients

A concrete look at how free email clients typically pay for themselves, and what that means for the mail you send through them.

· 6 min

Workflow

The two-minute rule for email, adapted from GTD

David Allen's two-minute rule works well on email triage but breaks down at scale, here is where to use it and where to stop.

· 5 min

Persona

How sales reps keep every lead warm without living in their inbox

Why a snooze that actually resurfaces beats a follow-up spreadsheet, and how top-performing reps build a system that catches every lead without babysitting it.

· 6 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Outlook desktop: should Windows habits follow you to Mac

Outlook on a Mac still works like Outlook on Windows. Here is when that habit is worth breaking and when it is not.

· 6 min

Pillar

Why "unread count" is the worst metric in email

The red badge on your inbox measures the wrong thing entirely. Here is why urgency, not read state, should drive what you see first.

· 5 min

Persona

The agency owner's inbox playbook

A concrete triage system for agency owners fielding client email, team email, and vendor email at the same time, without missing the one that matters.

· 7 min

Workflow

Building a morning email routine that actually ends

A step-by-step morning triage routine with a defined stopping point, so email has a start and an end instead of an open-ended scroll.

· 6 min

Guides

How to migrate from Gmail's web app without losing your filters

A step-by-step plan for moving off Gmail's web app that keeps your labels and filters intact and flags what needs manual setup.

· 7 min

Privacy

What "on-device" actually means, and how to verify it

A precise definition of on-device processing, plus concrete steps you can take to verify a client's privacy claims yourself.

· 6 min

Persona

Email for consultants juggling five client accounts

Independent consultants lose real hours every week to the mental cost of switching between client inboxes, and most of that cost is invisible until you measure it.

· 6 min

Comparison

STAMP vs Spark: for people who actually read their mail

Spark summarizes your inbox with cloud AI. STAMP triages it on-device. Here is the honest difference between the two bets.

· 7 min

Pillar

The attention tax of running five inboxes

Switching between accounts costs more than the seconds it takes. Here is the real toll of five inboxes and why one window fixes it.

· 5 min