A Dev Programs Engineer on the Gmail team, Saurabh Gupta, has posted a note about a neat little Google Apps script called “Gmail Meter” which will send you a report at the beginning of every month with interesting data about your email interactions, as well as the ability to set up your own custom reports.
It’s not an official Google app, but it seems like a pretty
robust script. Installing it requires you to set up a new spreadsheet
within Google Docs, using the same account that you have for Gmail.
The Gmail Meter App will show you:
1. Statistics on the volume of email you send and receive, along with
breakdowns of how many messages you’ve starred and marked important
2. Daily traffic estimates showing you which days are your heaviest “email days”
3. Categories of emails which will tell you how you’re using Gmail labels to manage your messages
4. How long it takes for you to respond to an email the first time, showing you how efficient, or inefficient you are with email
5. Word count tabulations which can give you an overall sense of if you’re too wordy
The installation process requires you to go to Tools > Script Gallery. Search for “Gmail Meter” and click Install within your newly set up spreadsheet. Here’s a quick video tutorial that will take you through the steps:
Once you’re all set up, you’ll start getting emails at the beginning of
the every month which will keep you on the straight and narrow as far as
managing email goes.
