FollowMail

A Chrome extension that prompts you to set follow-up reminders before sending emails in Gmail — so you never forget to follow up on important conversations.

What FollowMail does

When you click "Send" on a Gmail email, FollowMail intercepts the action and shows a brief prompt asking whether you'd like a follow-up reminder. You can pick a preset (Tomorrow, In 3 days, End of week, In 1 week, In 2 weeks) or choose a custom date and time. All reminders default to 10:00 AM on the chosen day.

When the reminder is due, you'll receive a Chrome notification with the recipient and subject of the original email. Clicking the notification takes you straight to that thread in Gmail.

Key features

Send button interception Quick prompt before each email goes out
Smart presets at 10 AM Tomorrow, end of week, custom dates
Chrome notifications Get alerted when a follow-up is due
Google Calendar sync Optional — adds reminder as a calendar event with a link back to the email
Reminder dashboard Manage, snooze, or dismiss pending reminders from the toolbar
Local-only storage Data stays on your device; nothing sent to external servers

How Google Calendar integration works

If you opt in by ticking "Also add to Google Calendar" in the reminder prompt, FollowMail uses the calendar.events scope to create a single event in your primary Google Calendar at the chosen reminder time. The event description includes a direct Gmail search link to the original email.

FollowMail only creates events you ask it to. It never reads, modifies, or deletes any other data in your calendar. Calendar communication happens directly between your browser and Google's API — none of your data passes through our servers.

Privacy & data

FollowMail stores the recipient address, subject, and reminder timing of emails you choose to set reminders for. All this data is kept in Chrome's local storage on your own device. Nothing is transmitted to us or any third party.

Read the full Privacy Policy for details on what is collected, how it's used, and the permissions FollowMail requests.

Install

FollowMail is available on the Chrome Web Store.

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