https://github.com/anvaka/send

How to use email to organize your ideas
https://github.com/anvaka/send

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How to use email to organize your ideas

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/anvaka/send
• Owner: anvaka
• License: mit
• Created: 2017-01-27T22:11:56.000Z (over 8 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-06T04:23:10.000Z (about 1 month ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-07T21:08:47.812Z (28 days ago)
• Topics: gmail, lifehacker
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://anvaka.github.io/send/
• Size: 3.64 MB
• Stars: 9
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# How to use email to organize your ideas

Every time when I have an idea for a new project - I send an email to myself, so I don't

forget it. This repository describes a quick life hack that I recently learned.

GMail will deliver mail addressed to "yourself+*tag*@gmail.com" as though it was

addressed to "[email protected]". Every time when you have a new idea, you can

just email it to [email protected]. 

If you also set up GMail filters, you can mark these emails as "read" and apply labels to them:

![demo](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anvaka/send/master/media/send-idea.gif)

## How to bookmark an email on your phone?

It depends on your phone. iPhone, unfortunately, does not let you to "pin" a single email to

the home screen. So I made [a website](https://anvaka.github.io/send/), that has just

one button.  When clicked - it opens your email client.

![email bookmark on home screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anvaka/send/master/media/save-idea-bookmark.png)

You can design the name of the button and email address. The website gives you a link

that can be added to home screen

![design email bookmark](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anvaka/send/master/media/design-idea-bookmark.gif)

*Note:* The website does not track you and never sends your email anywhere. In fact,

it uses a hash tag to store your email address. Hash tags are not sent to the server,

so even GitHub will not know your email from bookmarked URL.

## How to make a GMail filter

1. Open an email, and select "Filter messages like this"

2. Follow throught the screen to create a filter. Click on "Create filter with this search"

3. Select label that you want to apply

![Create Filter](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/anvaka/send/master/media/create-filter.gif)

# Thanks!

I hope you like this small tip. I wish you all to be productive, creative, and happy!

# license

MIT