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Attack my 35,000-email Gmail backlog (rate limits fought back)

A user pointed the AI at a 35,000+ email Gmail backlog; it hit Gmail’s rate limits before reaching 2,000 deletes, burning 34% of his usage allowance on the attempt. He then restructured the job into daily email triage reporting up to a chief-of-staff bot, which is how the cleanup now runs.

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How it works

  1. Bot starts bulk-deleting the backlog
  2. Gmail rate limits stop it before 2,000 deletes
  3. Run consumes 34% of the weekly usage allowance
  4. Owner restructures to daily triage with reports to a chief-of-staff bot

Why it’s worth knowing

The wall was not the agent’s ability; it was Gmail’s rate limit and the meter running at 34% for a partial clear.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on grokbot.money. See the original ↗

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