Have Chetty summarize an email

A long thread or a message forwarded by a colleague can be read in a minute. Chetty reads the mail and tells you what it says, so you know what to do without reading every line.

Before you start

You need a connected mailbox and Access at least Read only. Reading mail asks for nothing more.
The message must sit in a mailbox connected to your account. When you see No email account, follow Connect your mailbox.

Start from the message

Open Email and click the message you want to understand.
Choose Reply with agent. A conversation opens and the mail waits in it as an Email reference.
Rewrite the request in the message box: "Sum up this email in five points."
Send the request and read the answer.

You can also ask straight in a conversation: "Sum up the mail from Novák this week".

Ask for what you need

Length — "in three sentences", "as five bullet points", "in one paragraph".
Angle — "what they want from me", "what the deadline is", "which attachments matter".
Form — "give me a table of tasks and dates", "list only what I have to do".

Check the summary

Chetty can overlook a detail or misread a name. Compare the summary with the original, most of all names, amounts, dates and attachments. When the answer matters, open the message in Email yourself.

If it does not work

No email account — nothing is connected yet. Follow Connect your mailbox.
A wrong mailbox in the answer. Chetty searched all of them. Ask again and name the account or the folder.
A vague answer, or a missing part. Ask for the missing part directly: "What does the second paragraph ask for?"
A wrong sender, date or amount. Send the request again and ask Chetty to check it against the mail in the mailbox.