One LinkedIn inbox. Five different jobs.
Recruiters, prospects, partners, friends, and InMail spam all share the same screen. You context-switch on every reply.
Mixed contexts
Recruiters and clients in the same lane
A reply to a prospect needs different energy than a reply to a recruiter. The single inbox forces context switching all day.
No focus mode
There's no "only show me deals"
When you want to do sales follow-up for an hour, you can't isolate sales messages. Everything else demands attention.
InMail noise
Cold InMails drown your real conversations
LinkedIn promotes InMail aggressively. Real conversations get buried under sponsored outreach you didn't ask for.
How split inbox works in Linbox
Define inbox views with rules. Each view is its own focused lane. Switch between them in one click.
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Create an inbox view
Name it whatever fits. "Sales", "Recruiting", "Newsletters", "VIP clients". Add as many as you want.
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Set the rule for each view
By label, by category (focused/InMail/sponsored), or by participant. Rules combine, so views can be precise.
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Switch between views in one click
Each view shows only its own conversations. Counters track unread per view. Focus on one job at a time.
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Conversations appear in every matching view
A thread can live in multiple views (sales + VIP, for example). Same conversation, different lenses.
How real people use split inbox
Founder running sales and hiring at the same time
One view for sales prospects, one for candidates, one for everything else. Switch context once an hour instead of every reply. Closing rate goes up because focus stays high.
Agency managing clients and new biz
Active clients in one view (priority, reply within 1 hour). Cold outreach in another (handle in a batched morning slot). InMail spam in a third (ignore until end of week).