Send emails from a signed-in inbox
Community report: in the Reddit thread, the poster says they used ChatGPT agent for tasks like booking appointments, sending emails, and sending messages to their boss. In a follow-up comment, they clarify the email case: the agent asked them to sign into their email account, they did, and it then actually sent the emails; elsewhere they say they also had it find about 10 tutors and write personalized outreach emails based on what each could teach. The reported result is that it sent real emails from the signed-in inbox, covering outreach to around 10 tutors.
- Agent or tool
- ChatGPT Agent
- Topic
- Email & Inbox
- Reported on
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Email is where a lot of admin quietly piles up. An agent that can read, sort, draft and follow up turns an inbox from a to-do list into something closer to a summary. It is one of 106 sightings filed under Email & Inbox on Agent Sightings (number 102 by interest), and one of 48 involving ChatGPT Agent.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into ChatGPT Agent or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Go through my mail for this goal: send emails from a signed-in inbox. Propose labels, drafts, and unsubscribes as a checklist; change nothing until I approve.
Tip: Start with read-only access or 'draft, don't send', and check a few drafts before trusting it to send anything.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1m49e7d/chatgpt_agent_is_much_more_use…. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.