u/lickonmybbc

Hermes email integration is a bidirectional chat channel, not an inbox reader. if you connect it expecting to solely read your emails, it could instead treat every email sender as a stranger trying to dm your bot and reply to them with a pairing code.

I wanted Hermes to skim my inbox and surface job leads. I already had the python script ready and working fine. I figured hey I can have Hermes summarize this on Telegram easily.

things it sent from my Gmail, to actual humans and automated senders:

Hi\~ I don't recognize you yet! Here's your pairing code: \_\_\_\_\_ Ask the bot owner to run: hermes pairing approve email \_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Too many pairing requests right now\~ Please try again later!

Interrupting current task. I'll respond to your message shortly.

the third one was its response to me trying to stop it, which it then emailed to whoever it was mid-pairing with. beautiful.