We continue talking about I proposals which we can help you to manage your Gmail mail efficiently and if a few days ago analyzed Notifus, an extension to let us know of e-mails that had not received response, now we analyze the operation of Boomerang, an extension that outperforms Notifus because not only have those reminders, but also other interesting features.


Boomerang comes as a browser add-on that is available for both Firefox and Chrome. Its purpose is to increase our productivity with the use of e-mail through three main functions: monitoring of emails that have not been answered, sending emails to a certain time and reminder emails that require attention in the future. Let's look a little more each one of these features.

Get an idea of how helps us emails programmed functionality is simple. If we do not use any extension, Gmail shows us the 'send' button that sends the mail immediately. If you installed Boomerang we have available so that immediate shipment as one to send mail laterbutton. Extension leads options default to send in one hour, two or within one day, for example, although always you can indicate the date and exact in that time we want to make shipment. This functionality can be useful if we know what is the best time to ensure that our recipient receives our mail.

Not replied mail reminder functionality allows us to keep track of emails that need to be answered but have not received it. To send the mail we will establish the maximum period in which we need to receive a response, and if we do not get it, Boomerang will let us know.

In terms of the reminder emails is intended for situations in which we received an email but it is not the time to treat it (is not 'actionable' at that moment that they say in management tasks as GTD systems). In that case we can say to Boomerang that tell us when the time comes and removes it us our Inbox so that it does not distract us or we have to think about that email for that at the moment we can do nothing.

As I commented earlier, Boomerang is not free but it has three versions: free, personal and professional. The three discussed options are available in the free version but with limitation to the management of 10 messages. Paid versions do not have these limitations and also include some functionality such as notes associated with reminders and a mobile version that only is available in the more advanced version that costs 14.99 dollars a month.

In the video below is given an Overview of the functioning of Boomerang as well as some situations in which it could be used:

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