Gmail Thread Splitting
Productivity
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Gmail Thread Splitting
Our users have asked for this for 2 use cases: 1) You send an email bcc'ing a bunch of people.
streak.comHow HN took it
8 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.24.
Idea: 6 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful fix for Gmail misthreading
From 2 comments
For someone who runs into this issue quite often; this is a great add-on. You'd be surprised how many issues and embarrassing emails have arisen due to Gmail incorrectly…
ramoq on HNI haven't tried it yet, but oh my I've been waiting ages for you guys to add this feature! I'm sure it wasn't easy. For context, the merging of emails threads in Gmail would at…
Major_Grooves on HN
Streak is a useful product for the team
From 2 comments
Another amazing feature from the Streak team. My whole company is thoroughly addicted.
asah on HNThis is pretty much Streak's core use case. You group threads (and other data) into a "box". For your examples specifically you mention candidate tracking or bug tracking. Those…
OmarIsmail on HN
Objections
Changing the subject already works
From 2 comments
My favorite thread splitting plugin is "editing the subject field when replying". Is this really a thing that people have trouble with?
gmisra on HNBravo. Ignore the haters who haven't run into thread issues and thus believe no one else can possibly run into these issues. "Just change the subject!" Clearly these people have…
ericz on HN
Unclear how often the problem occurs
From 2 comments
Apparently I am one of those haters. I guess "Is this really a thing people have trouble with?" is not a valid question, but I really don't understand when/where/why this…
gmisra on HNI have very rarely run into misbehaved threading. Even so, for me personally it's not enough to warrant the effort of doing a manual split. Threads are ephemeral and it's fairly…
aleem on HN
Requests
Split without changing the subject line
From 2 comments
alooPotato: Is there way to split it off to another thread while keeping the same subject?
ramoq on HNCurrently we have this limitation where the new thread has to have a different subject but we're working on removing that restriction. Should be a few more days before thats ready.
alooPotato on HN
Thread merging or grouping into a master thread
From 1 comment
I have very rarely run into misbehaved threading. Even so, for me personally it's not enough to warrant the effort of doing a manual split. Threads are ephemeral and it's fairly…
aleem on HN
Questions
Does email content get stored or routed through their servers?
From 1 comment
I don't see anything in your privacy policy about email handling, but maybe I'm just skimming too fast. When I click on install on the extension, it says that it requires access…
flavor8 on HN
Alternatives named
Changing the email subject when replying
From 2 comments
My favorite thread splitting plugin is "editing the subject field when replying". Is this really a thing that people have trouble with?
gmisra on HNI have very rarely run into misbehaved threading. Even so, for me personally it's not enough to warrant the effort of doing a manual split. Threads are ephemeral and it's fairly…
aleem on HN
Thunderbird, Outlook or Apple Mail
From 1 comment
Just use Thunderbird. Even Outlook and Apple Mail are better.
JetSpiegel on HN
Boomerang
From 1 comment
I haven't tried it yet, but oh my I've been waiting ages for you guys to add this feature! I'm sure it wasn't easy. For context, the merging of emails threads in Gmail would at…
Major_Grooves on HN