Anyone with an overflowing inbox knows that separating the most important messages from the noise isn’t an easy task.
That’s why Microsoft is rolling out Clutter, an inbox tool for Office 365 business customers that helps users prioritize email within Outlook.
Much like Google’s Priority Inbox for Gmail, it learns from your actions over time to surface the most important email while weeding out the messages it thinks you’re most likely to ignore. These messages get separated into a designated “Clutter” folder; they can be viewed at any time but don’t appear in your main inbox.
You can proactively train Clutter by marking items as Clutter or simply move the items to the Clutter folder. Clutter continuously learns and will adapt to your new patterns within days when you begin working on new projects or a new role.
Microsoft began rolling out the tool to Office 365’s business users yesterday. Businesses participating in the company’s First Release program will be the first to get the tool, which can be enabled from the Outlook Web App options menu. The rest of business users will get the update later this month.
It’s not clear when, or if, Clutter will roll out to non-business Office 365 users.
On Thursday, November 13th, the Office 365 Technical Network will host a Clutter YamJam from 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. PT / 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. UTC to discuss the Clutter feature.If you are interested in participating click here to find out more
