I really do not get the fundamental pitch from slack that they will replace email. They replaced IRC. It's nothing like email and I still use both.
I don't like the randomization of that chat can bring, but being able to join and leave channels is much preferable to e-mail.
Slack integratons are not full-featured but they're more flexible than what you can embed in an email, even with gmail's markup actions. There's no other 'inbox for interactive widgets'.