Clear out one sender's promo emails with Gemini Spark by asking for a count before anything is deleted
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The writer behind the Stacktraced blog had months of SiriusXM trial-expiry emails from a single sender. They asked Gemini Spark to find every email from that address, report the count and date range before doing anything, then move them to Trash without touching any other sender. It found exactly 20 messages, all from that sender, and asked for confirmation. After a 'yes', it still asked for approval one email at a time, 20 separate clicks, before reporting all 20 moved to Trash. The writer checked: none left in the inbox, all 20 recoverable in Trash and nothing else disturbed, but notes native Gmail search would have been faster for a known sender.
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Go through my Gmail and find every email from noreply@mc.siriusxm.com. Tell me how many there are and the date range before doing anything. Then move all of them to Trash. Do not touch any other sender. When done, report exactly how many you deleted.
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Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to. Goal: Find every email from one sender and move them to Trash, checking the scope with me first. Fill in before running: - The sender's exact address: [EMAIL ADDRESS] Rules: - Count the matching emails and give me the date range before doing anything. - Wait for my confirmation, then move only those emails to Trash, never delete permanently. - Don't touch any other sender. - Report exactly how many you moved. - Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify. Output: The count and date range first; after I confirm, the final number moved. You'll know it worked when: every email from that sender is in Trash and nothing else has changed. Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.
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