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Boomerang
Adds follow-up reminders, inbox pauses, scheduled mail, and meeting tools to email.
What it is
Boomerang is an email and scheduling add-on for Gmail and Microsoft Outlook. It can return unanswered messages to the inbox, pause incoming mail, schedule sending, share availability, run meeting polls, and create recurring messages.
Ways to use it
Ideas from real executive operations work. Take the ones that fit.
- Set a reminder to return a sent message only if the recipient has not replied.
- Schedule a message for the recipient's working hours without staying online.
- Pause routine inbox delivery during an executive briefing or focus block.
- Send a meeting poll when several people need to agree on one time.
- Create a recurring operational reminder and review it whenever the underlying process changes.
Our take
Boomerang is useful when follow-up is falling through inside an otherwise workable inbox. Start with reminders, send later, and scheduling rather than enabling every tracking feature.