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unmail

Gmail dashboard for scanning and unsubscribing from email subscriptions

Web app Rated 7 Oct 2026Dormant

Link
unmail-ebon.vercel.app
Built by
Genene T. ☕️

Bloat

113/500

Where it landed on the scale

Bloat
0
Float
300
Moat
400

Summary

Unmail is a live, working MVP with Google sign-in and a standards-based approach to unsubscribing. It has no pricing, payments, privacy policy, or support channel, and it was last touched in March 2026, so the business side is unproven and the product is easy to copy.

Bloat · Not much here works or looks likely to last, yet.

Breakdown

Five measures, 100 points each. Open the receipts under any of them to see the posts and pages behind the points.

Viability

Is there a real problem, someone who would pay, and a market this builder can actually reach?

Inbox clutter is a real problem, but there's no pricing or payment path, and many users here have little reason to pay for an unsubscribe tool. Gmail's own unsubscribe button and existing tools like Unroll.me already cover this need.

30/100

Rubric 21–40A real problem, but no plausible path to anyone paying, or a market well out of this builder's reach.

Receipts (2)

  1. Describes a simple Gmail-only tool with no mention of pricing, customers, or who it's for.

    “i built a tool i named unmail two months ago and forgot to share, It's Simple Gmail-only dashboard that: - Scans recent emails and groups likely subscriptions - Uses List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click (RFC 8058) when available - Falls back to mailto: unsubscribe when provided Link: https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app 🚀 repo: https://github.com/tise-genene/Unmail”

    Post · @genenetise01 · 26 Mar 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  2. The site has no pricing page, no payment provider, and no stated prices.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Moat

What stops someone copying it?

It's built on public standards (RFC 2369 and RFC 8058) and Gmail's API, and a developer could rebuild it in a weekend. Nothing here is proprietary, local, or compounding.

12/100

Rubric 0–20A thin wrapper or a clone that anyone here could rebuild in a weekend.

Receipts (2)

  1. The page describes grouping by List-ID and List-Unsubscribe headers, which are standard, public mechanisms.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. The creator calls it a simple dashboard with a one-click header method and a mailto fallback, which is a thin layer over existing standards.

    “i built a tool i named unmail two months ago and forgot to share, It's Simple Gmail-only dashboard that: - Scans recent emails and groups likely subscriptions - Uses List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click (RFC 8058) when available - Falls back to mailto: unsubscribe when provided Link: https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app 🚀 repo: https://github.com/tise-genene/Unmail”

    Post · @genenetise01 · 26 Mar 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Momentum

Did the updates keep coming?

There's one post, on one day, in March 2026, and nothing in the 195 days since. The creator also says the tool sat unshared for two months, so shipping has been a single burst.

0/100

  • Sustained shipping0/60

    Worked on across 0 days.

  • Consistency0/40

    Updates in 1 of 1 month.

  • Quiet

    No update for 195 days, so scaled to 39%.

Receipts (1)

  1. Earliest post about it.

    “i built a tool i named unmail two months ago and forgot to share, It's Simple Gmail-only dashboard that: - Scans recent emails and groups likely subscriptions - Uses List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click (RFC 8058) when available - Falls back to mailto: unsubscribe when provided Link: https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app 🚀 repo: https://github.com/tise-genene/Unmail”

    Post · @genenetise01 · 26 Mar 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

Infrastructure

Does a real, working product exist?

A live HTTPS site with Google sign-in and a described scan, group, and unsubscribe flow, so a working MVP exists. It has no docs, status page, privacy policy, or terms, which matters for a tool that holds Gmail tokens.

56/100

  • It's live20/20

    https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app responded when checked.

  • HTTPS5/5

    Served over HTTPS.

  • Real product25/35

    The site is live with Google sign-in, and the described flow (scan, group, batch unsubscribe, audit trail) looks like a working MVP. The dossier doesn't show it running end to end, and the creator calls it simple, so I scored it as working but thin.

  • Own home0/10

    Only on a free subdomain or link-in-bio page.

  • Maintained0/15

    Last sign of shipping 2026-03-26.

  • Operations6/15

    There are accounts, server-side token storage, audit logs, and a public repo. There are no docs, no status page, and no other platform.

Receipts (5)

  1. https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app responded when checked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. Live app with accounts, a three-step flow, and batch unsubscribe of 10 or 50 at a time.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Creator describes the scanning and RFC 8058 unsubscribe behavior as built.

    “i built a tool i named unmail two months ago and forgot to share, It's Simple Gmail-only dashboard that: - Scans recent emails and groups likely subscriptions - Uses List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click (RFC 8058) when available - Falls back to mailto: unsubscribe when provided Link: https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app 🚀 repo: https://github.com/tise-genene/Unmail”

    Post · @genenetise01 · 26 Mar 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. The privacy section says tokens are stored server-side and audit logs are kept, and the page links to the repo.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  5. Crawler facts show accounts true but docs false and status_page false.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

Sustainability

Is it being set up to last?

It's distributed on a free Vercel subdomain, has no payment or pricing path, no support channel, and no sign of continued work. The standards-based approach is sensible, but nothing here suggests it can sustain itself.

15/100

  • Distribution12/30

    A site on a free subdomain.

  • Payments0/15

    No payment provider found.

  • Pricing0/10

    No pricing found on the site.

  • Revenue0/5

    Nothing in the post or on the site shows paying customers or any revenue.

  • Privacy policy0/7

    No privacy policy found.

  • Terms0/5

    No terms of service found.

  • Support0/8

    No support contact found.

  • Commitment3/20

    A public repo exists, but it's a single post from one builder with no roadmap, team, community, or funding. No activity since March.

Receipts (4)

  1. A site on a free subdomain.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  2. No payment provider or pricing was found.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)

  3. Single post that admits the tool was forgotten for two months before sharing.

    “i built a tool i named unmail two months ago and forgot to share, It's Simple Gmail-only dashboard that: - Scans recent emails and groups likely subscriptions - Uses List-Unsubscribe-Post: List-Unsubscribe=One-Click (RFC 8058) when available - Falls back to mailto: unsubscribe when provided Link: https://unmail-ebon.vercel.app 🚀 repo: https://github.com/tise-genene/Unmail”

    Post · @genenetise01 · 26 Mar 2026 · open on Telegram (opens in a new tab)

  4. The repo is the only project-specific asset linked.

    Checked 7 Oct 2026 · unmail-ebon.vercel.app (opens in a new tab)