Likewise, everything we walk through below isalsoan option on the Mac.
You create a set of VIPs, then they are the only senders you get notifications from.
Scroll down to Account Notifications.
Tap Only VIP Contacts
Now, add contacts to your VIP list.
From the menu screen, tap the Contact tab, then tap All Contacts.
Search for contacts you want to add to your VIP list.
Tap a name, then tap the heart icon to add them to your VIP list.
Tap the menu icon, tap prefs, then tap one of your email accounts.
Set the Smart Notifications toggle to on.
For location, tap Location, the add the locations youwantnotifications to appear.
For example, add your work address, but not your home address to receive notifications only at work.
You dont have to just accept the default menu items, though.
Heres how to customize what appears in the sidebar:
Tap the menu icon.
Tap the Edit button on the bottom right of the screen.
What you choose to put here is up to you and depends on how you use email.
Theres a ton of different menu items, so take your time to organize this however you see fit.
you’re able to assign up to four different actions to each direction of a swipe.
As you swipe your finger, the destination for the email changes.
you’re free to customize the behavior of right or left swipes:
Tap parameters.
Tap the swipe direction you want to change.
Then tap up to four actions you want to appear here.
To change the order of them, tap the edit button and then tap and hold to rearrange them.
Regardless of how many other options you have, the short swipe will always be a quick swipe.
Swipes are the best way to manage your email right from the inbox.
This is good if youre organizing emails into different locations, archiving, or clearing out the trash.
Thats not the only way to organize though.
you’re free to also organize emails from the individual email screen using actions.
This is your actions list.
This includes all the same options as the swipe menu and then some.
Tap each item you want to appear in the Actions menu.
Then, tap and hold to reorder them however you see fit.
The action menu is useful for the things you do right after reading an email.
Whatever you choose to put here, double-check you rearrange them in an order that makes sense.
When you dont want to deal with an email in the moment, you snooze it.
Airmail lets you choose those times:
Tap Snoozes.
Here, it’s possible for you to change your snooze behavior to a variety of options.
This means services likeTodoist,Google Drive,orPocket.
This is great for sending attachments to cloud storage or an email to your to-do app.
Heres how to set them up:
Tap Services.
Tap the toggle to enable whatever services you use.
These will now appear in the various different menus throughout Airmail.
If you use services like these, this feature is huge and well worth setting up.
Airmail is all about letting you use the various tools you already have, not providing new ones.
you’re free to also change how many lines appear in the preview panel in your inbox.
Dig into the advanced options:The advanced options includes a small handful of options worth looking at.
Most importantly, you might also alter the Undo Send behavior here.
The default undo send lasts five seconds, but you’re free to change that to 10 seconds.
With that, you should be well on your way to utilizing Airmail in the best possible way.
Illustration by Sam Woolley.
