Scan my inbox unprompted and rescue a message trapped in spam

Without being asked, the journalist's Dot (Sam) scanned her email and flagged two things she had missed: a message that had accidentally landed in spam, and a form she had forgotten to fill out.

How it works

Sam scans her email without being asked
Spots a message misfiled in spam
Spots a form she forgot to fill out
Flags both to her

Why it’s worth knowing

Nobody asked it to check the mail: the agent noticed on its own that a real message had been swallowed by the spam folder and that a form had been forgotten.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on scientificamerican.com. See the original ↗

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