Product Q&A

My team is mostly on Macs and the consensus is that this update is a step backward. No one likes change I get it but this is not the change we needed.How do we go back until you guys sort out these issues?

We want to Sort Archived Messages by Date Received, NOT ArchivedBeing able to have an option to sort Archived Messages by the date the message was originally received would be super helpful.  I don’t see that option existing, but wanted to ask, in case we’re missing it.  If it doesn’t exist, I’ll definitely be putting it in as an Idea for a future feature. 

Is-it possible to add a private note in a thread when they are several suscribers ? (like a private remimber note) Thanks !

My main channel is a Google Workspace account. Ultimately, I want to be able to WhatsApp my Front contacts. In order to get a contact into WhatsApp, I think I need to get it onto my iPhone. My iPhone automatically syncs with Google Contacts in my Google Workspace account. However, when I add a contact to Front with a phone number, it does not transfer to Google Contacts, and thus it does not get into WhatsApp. Is there a way to get Google Contacts synced with Front on an ongoing basis? 

I receive a high volume (daily) of purchase orders from a DNR sender. The new development of a started draft reply to those emails by AI in Front is unwanted, unneeded and now requires an extra step of my tasks to discard the drafted reply email.  When the platform changes gets locked in in the next few days (unfortunately), I sure hope the AI draft suggested reply can be turned off. This is an assist that I do not need and actually adds to my process to decline. 

The current process for creating rules feels a bit cumbersome. Right now, I have to manually note details like the sender name, subject line, and other fields, then leave the message, navigate to Settings > Rules & Macros, and input everything from scratch.It would be much more efficient if I could create a rule directly from an individual email, with fields like the sender, subject, and other relevant data pre-filled. A simple "Create Rule" option in the message view would significantly streamline this workflow.Thanks for considering this — it would be a huge time-saver for power users like me.

As a new Front Admin I am enjoying toying around with the new experience in Beta and learning about the changes before the official launch. I am wondering how others might be getting their users to try it out on their end and provide any feedback they may have. Personally, I like the idea of trying things out while I can still go back to an old version but that’s not a universal thought process, especially for power users who might be resistant to any changes. 

The new interface introduces many positive changes—great work on that! That said, the plugins sidebar seems to have been somewhat overlooked. With the redesign’s clear emphasis on keyboard shortcuts (which I really appreciate), it’s surprising that there’s still no way to navigate or interact with plugins using shortcuts. Maybe I’m missing something? Or is this something that might be addressed easily?

I was able to archive my emails easily like the last UI, but I cannot find the archived folder. Edit: I eventually found it under the "Done" section in the navigation. This isn’t intuitive at all. Why change the language around it?

Hello, how can i delete a Help Center? 

Hello, With the new Front upgrade it is much more key stroke driven which is fantastic if you are using a gaming mouse with numerous macros. Is there a master list of all the key stroke functions within Front? Harry

Hello, We have a new employee starting soon and wanted to ask if there is a way we can add load balancing with the Round Robin already in place. 

Hi All,I was wondering if any of you are using the beta for the streamlined inbox experience and how you are finding it.My first thoughts on it was that it was a cleaner look, however after using it some more I can see that it may marginally increase the time worked on in emails.I have found the new look involves more mouse clicks to navigate to simple tasks such as tagging and searching. The ability to quick view linked Jira tasks now also involves clicking into objects.I know I can utilise keyboard shortcuts for a number of these workarounds, but I was wondering what you thoughts on the new look is and how you are navigating this.Regards

Hello, I thought today was the day for the new In Box update and revamp of Front? Did I miss something? Harry

Hi All, I am wondering if it is at all possible to apply a rule template to an already created rule by modifying it. I have a large number of rules created from scratch and seeking to know if I can apply a specific rule template to it. I can see the conditions of the rule template but those options are not available to me in the rules that have been created by scratch.I know the simple solution would be to create a new rule but this is not available to us due to the amount of rules already generated, also deleting an existing rule and recreating is not available to us. Regards

My team and I are trying to find ways to use our AI answers exports to inform the needed updates to our knowledge base to then in turn improve our AI resolution rate and reduce the amount of emails coming into our team. I’m curious if any has found an effective way of doing this, whether it’s using Front’s offerings or supplementing with outside tools?Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!

Recently transitioned to front after 5 years with Trengo. I am looking for someone to consult with me to make full use of front and to streamline our communications.  TBH my hard drive is full and doing a brain format is not possible.  I have more pressing matters to attend to so would prefer to hire someone experienced in setting up front to work better for me and save myself the stress and learning curve. Fairly straightforward use for us so I think someone with knowledge and experience could tune us up quickly.  If you are anyone you know would be interested please drop me a message.  Would really appreciate it.  

The Command + Shift + Number shortcuts to switch between different Front apps (Inbox, Calendar, Contacts, etc) clashes with the default Firefox shortcuts to switch between containers. Would it be possible to customise or remove these Front shortcuts, or to change them to another modifier by selecting one of the alternative Front shortcut sets?

We use the “Create Jira Issue” and “Create Jira Comment” automation actions to sync Front with Jira. Unfortunately, neither of these actions support rich text formatting.  The issue description / comment body is sent to Jira as plain text, which means that hyperlinks are not automatically converted to clickable links.It would be helpful if both of these options supported some form of rich text formatting, such as Wiki Markup, Markdown, or HTML.As an example, this description in the automation action: Produces this result in Jira: Note that the links are not clickable, and none of the formatting is applied.

We'd like to save the files contained in an email to a folder on our company server or to a folder on my desktop. Unfortunately, the only option we've found is drag and drop.Is there a button to ‘Save as’ and choose the location where the file is downloaded ?Thank you for your help. 

We have created a rule which automatically assigns an email from a customer to a member of staff.However, this rule does not take into account back-ups in the event of an agent's absence. Is it possible to include a rule that modifies automatic assignments in the event of absence ?Thanks for your help ! 

My department works on Front but not the rest of my colleagues. We used to use ‘tags’ (like “@Name”) in Outlook to highlight emails to the colleagues concerned. Is it possible to tag in a Front Front and have it visible in Outlook for another user or client ?

We have a sales@ email address that comes to a shared inbox. When individual members of the team respond to the emails that come to that inbox, we want the “From” field to show ONLY sales@, not the individual’s name or email address as an ‘on the behalf of’. How do I set that up?

Hello,We have been experiencing issues in the past 15 hours company wide where email from Gmail accounts are not syncing for our users. Steps we have taken to try and fix this:Restarted the app Updated the app Reauthenticated with GmailWe are able to send from Front with no issues, so this appears to be a possible imap issue? We have made no changes to our configuration, so we are unsure how to fix this problem. I am not sure if others are experiencing this as well, or if this just limited to our accounts. The status page shows all things operational for Gmail and all other services.

Our team uses a knowledge base to answer common questions, but we still spend lots of time manually sharing links, especially in live chats during peak hours. For example: When customers ask about ‘international roaming,’ we paste the same guide repeatedly Questions about ‘data limits’ require digging through articles We’re exploring ways to automatically suggest relevant help articles when certain topics come up in chats or emails. Questions we have: How do you balance automated suggestions with personalized replies? Can we trigger articles based on factors like a customer’s plan type? What metrics best show if this actually reduces reply time?