https://dearkarl.com/blog dearkarl is an email-to-AI pipe: forward any email to your own secret address and it lands as a plain markdown file your next Claude Code session can read. It never asks for your mailbox. en https://dearkarl.com/blog/email-connectors-vs-dearkarl https://dearkarl.com/blog/email-connectors-vs-dearkarl Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT They solve different problems. A mail connector, such as Claude's Gmail connector, lets the AI search your whole mailbox and, with your approval, send mail. dearkarl is an email-to-AI pipe: you forward only the emails you choose to a secret address, and they land as markdown files your next Claude Code session reads. Use a connector to search; forward to hand over one email. https://dearkarl.com/blog/what-ai-knows-from-your-email https://dearkarl.com/blog/what-ai-knows-from-your-email Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT Almost everything. In an October 2026 test, an AI assistant connected to one person's Gmail and Google Drive needed eight searches, and no attachments, to summarise their identity, family, work, home, money and health. The larger risk is access, not knowledge: sign-in links, unlock codes and a connector that can send mail. If an AI only needs some emails, forward those instead.