[waseemsadiq]

So 3 years ago I had exactly the same idea. I executed on it, built an email client and it was basically a commercial failure (although we ended up licensing some of our stuff).

So here is my advice: don't even bother unless you want to build a small lifestyle business (and don't even bother dreaming of a subscription model).

Email has been around for 20 something years and the usage patterns are so engraved in users mindsets there is no way you can get them out of that experience. The whole idea around productivity will only appeal to a small set of power users.

If you really are set on building this thing then here is a howto: 1. go here: https://github.com/waseems/inbox2_desktop 2. fork the code 3. add a todo list 4. compile and profit (well probably not)

Sorry for being so cynical but I have been there :-)