Notion Mail has been announced during Make With Notion San Francisco, the big Notion conference in October 2024. Notion Mail is currently in closed alpha and not publicly available. You can join the waitlist. The release is scheduled for early 2025. Here’s everything we know so far about Notion Mail.
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Notion Mail is coming in 2025
Notion’s own take on email, Notion Mail, will launch as a standalone calendar app in early 2025. It’s the result of Notion’s acquisition of Skiff, a privacy-focused email suite that has since been sunset.
Notion Mail is not yet publicly available, but you can sign up for the Waitlist to get early access.
The product is not yet finished by any means so expect a lot to change before the final release. But from what we can already tell, this is going to be a really powerful product.
Overall, I expect the launch to be similar to Notion Calendar. A really good email client with a few great integrations with Notion that the team will build on over time.
For the first alpha version, Notion Mail is basically a Gmail Wrapper similar to other popular email clients like Superhuman or Spark and not a yet an email provider itself like Gmail or Outlook (though the team has hinted that Notion-branded email domains might be possible in the future!).
This also means that if you’re in the Outlook ecoverse or self-host your email, you probably won’t be able to use Notion Mail at launch. The Notion team is really open to feedback though, so make sure to share this with them if you want to make sure it’s prioritised. Maybe we can get it into the first release version!
A First Look at Notion Mail
I’ve had the chance to try out an early alpha version of Notion Mail, and I’m genuinely excited about how it’s shaping up. While things might change before the official release, it’s clear that this isn’t just another email client – it’s email reimagined the Notion way.
Classic Notion Features in Your Inbox
One of Notion’s most iconic features is probably the slash command – and they’r all here.
When writing emails, it’s now much easier to format them properly using headings (just type /h1), adding thoughtful callouts, and even dropping in quotes to emphasise key points. It’s brilliant how seamless it feels to craft well-structured emails without struggling with the editor experience of Outlook or Apple Mail.
Database-Style Email Management
Here’s where things get really interesting. Notion Mail brings the power of database views to email management.
Just think of that for a moment. So far, email inboxes are always sorted in chronological order and the only way to organise them are
- the read vs unread status
- labels
- folders
Notion Databases on the other hand allow you to add any type of meta data you can think of. Whether it’s a more elaborate status, an assignee or a freeform text property – you can create any organisational system.
Combine this with the ability to create custom views with filters, sorts and groups and the inbox will never be the same.
This is the flexibility that Notion Mail wants to bring to email and I am so excited for it!
I’ve already created a custom view for my favourite newsletters and built a small read-later app within Notion Mail. Here’s how it works:
- Groups emails by sender
- Select the few “high priority” senders I always want to see
- Included custom properties for quick notes and summaries
It’s really hard to describe just how promising this new feature is. It’s been a while since I was this excited to explore a new tool.
Autopilot and Smart Features
Notion Mail is also clearly built for power users. It already has a cmd + k style shortcut menu so that you can take pretty much any action without using your mouse.
AI is built right into the foundation of Notion Mail and will power a ton of workflows. The most exciting one for me is certainly the automatic email categorisation (sales, job inquiries, etc.), to set all the database properties that you create on autopilot.
Speaking of autopilot, Notion Mail will also have the ability to conduct certain repetitive conversations on its own, like the back and forth to schedule a meeting (it pulls in the information from your Notion Calendar to see when you’re available).
Oh and of course, we have a Notion Mail version of templates. Text snippets allow you to create your own custom slash commands (which we’ll hopefully also see in Notion itself at some point), including custom merge tags aka variables.
That means you can reference a person’s name several times in a snippet, fill it out once and it will automatically expand to add it in all places at once.
Frequently Asked Questions
When does Notion Mail release?
Notion Mail is scheduled for release in early 2025.
Is Notion Mail free?
Notion Mail will be free to use for any Notion User, even if you’re on a free plan. Some more advanced features might be paywalled, but we don’t have any details on that yet.
Which emails can I use with Notion Mail?
Based on the alpha version, Gmail integration is confirmed. Support for other email providers hasn’t been announced yet.
What makes Notion Mail different?
The main difference is how it brings Notion’s database and property system to email management. You can create custom views, add properties to emails, and use Notion’s formatting tools in your email composition.
Is Notion Mail integrated with Notion?
Notion Mail will launch as a standalone app (similar to Notion Calendar). We don’t know yet how it will integrate with the main product.
How can I get access to Notion Mail?
You can join the waitlist through Notion’s official website to get early access when it becomes available.
