 | Hermes email integration is a bidirectional chat channel, not an inbox reader. if you connect it expecting to solely read your emails, it could instead treat every email sender as a stranger trying to dm your bot and reply to them with a pairing code. I wanted Hermes to skim my inbox and surface job leads. I already had the python script ready and working fine. I figured hey I can have Hermes summarize this on Telegram easily. things it sent from my Gmail, to actual humans and automated senders: ``` Hi~ I don't recognize you yet! Here's your pairing code: _____ Ask the bot owner to run: hermes pairing approve email _______ Too many pairing requests right now~ Please try again later! Interrupting current task. I'll respond to your message shortly. ``` the third one was its response to me trying to stop it, which it then emailed to whoever it was mid-pairing with. beautiful. [link] [comments] |
Hermes just mass emailed a bunch of accounts from 2020 with pairing requests.
Reddit r/LocalLLaMA / 4/20/2026
💬 OpinionDeveloper Stack & InfrastructureSignals & Early TrendsTools & Practical Usage
Key Points
- A user reports that Hermes’ email integration initiated bidirectional chat behavior, sending pairing-request messages to many email senders from older accounts.
- Instead of passively summarizing an inbox, Hermes treated unknown email senders as strangers and replied with pairing codes and instructions to run a pairing-approval command.
- The integration also emitted a “too many pairing requests” message and continued task interruption behavior while attempting to process pairing.
- The report highlights a potential misconfiguration or misunderstanding of Hermes’ intended workflow, where expecting inbox-reading can lead to unintended outbound communications.
- The user notes that even attempts to stop the system resulted in additional emails being sent mid-pairing, indicating possible safety/control gaps in the current setup.
