{"id":3653,"date":"2020-07-04T14:16:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T14:16:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intheloop.io\/blog\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2020-09-10T07:54:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T07:54:47","slug":"what-is-shared-inbox-and-do-you-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intheloop.io\/blog\/what-is-shared-inbox-and-do-you-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is shared inbox and do you need it?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shared inbox \u2026 what?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A shared inbox is an inbox that allows multiple people to receive, read, manage, and reply to emails inside the same email account. <\/em><\/strong>
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We\u2019re not blaming you if you\u2019ve never heard of the term shared inbox <\/strong>before. It\u2019s a solution that has only started gaining traction recently. One big reason behind this is the fact that, for years, Silicon Valley gurus have been promising us the death of email.<\/strong>
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\u201cEmail is messy, it\u2019s unproductive, it\u2019s slow, it\u2019s killing your teamwork \u2026 you should definitely try this app that starts with S!\u201d <\/em> <\/p>– Just about everyone in 2015<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

But what they were selling didn\u2019t make us more productive, faster or better at working in teams. Actually, for many businesses reality hit hard: adding more apps doesn\u2019t solve the email overload problem. <\/strong>
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It adds to the noise. <\/strong>
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Adding more apps doesn’t solve a problem you have in your email inbox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Email is not dead!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s why nobody is promising to \u201creplace emails\u201d anymore. Email is not dead<\/strong><\/a> and won\u2019t be for a long time: there are still over 6 billion email accounts<\/strong>, with predictions that this number will reach 7 billion by 2021 (Radicati<\/a>).<\/strong>
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Email is alive and well!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A large chunk of all business communication, communication with clients and official organizations is still held on email. It\u2019s universally accepted and it doesn\u2019t require you to stay locked in one platform. Email is in a way our digital identity card, and as such, it\u2019s not budging.
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\u2026 but it just isn\u2019t made for teamwork.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Despite the wonderful things email lets us do, it lacks some key things to also be great for teamwork:
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