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Notes from the Quillmail team

Longer thinking on the product, the craft behind it and the decisions we make out loud.

Featured

Why we throttle our own growth

Shipping slowly is a feature when the product holds your mail. This month's longer piece digs into the reasoning, the trade-offs we weighed and what we would do differently next time.

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Engineering

A field guide to email headers

What SPF, DKIM and DMARC actually promise, in plain language. It is a short read, but one we kept coming back to while we worked on the latest release.

By the Quillmail team · 5 min read
Product

Designing a quieter inbox

How we decided what deserves a notification and what does not. It is a short read, but one we kept coming back to while we worked on the latest release.

By the Quillmail team · 6 min read
Security

The cost of a free mailbox

A look at what you really trade when email costs nothing. It is a short read, but one we kept coming back to while we worked on the latest release.

By the Quillmail team · 7 min read
Guides

Passkeys, one year in

What we learned moving a million sign-ins away from passwords. It is a short read, but one we kept coming back to while we worked on the latest release.

By the Quillmail team · 8 min read
Company

Archiving without hoarding

Retention rules that keep the useful and forget the rest. It is a short read, but one we kept coming back to while we worked on the latest release.

By the Quillmail team · 5 min read

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