Workflow

    Review a Native Capability Before Retaining a Workaround

    A decision workflow extracted from the September 11 Gmail reassessment: measure actual native overlap, compare the safeguards that matter, and retain only gaps worth maintaining. A capability inventory is evidence for a decision, not proof that an account migration or custom-system retirement has occurred.

    operator reviewevidenceplatform capabilitiesMulti Mailbox Ops

    Workflow steps

    1. 1

      Inventory callable native tools and record the dated source evidence

      Action

    2. 2

      Test read access and account routing without assuming every connected mailbox was exercised

      Action

    3. 3

      Compare recovery receipts, delivery cursors, draft conflicts and enforced restrictions against the custom implementation

      Process

    4. 4

      Operator review: does a remaining gap justify ongoing maintenance if native support expands soon?

      Decision

    5. 5

      Run a bounded account-routing and reporting comparison; preserve failures and unavailable coverage

      Action

    6. 6

      Record a decision artifact: native default, retained safeguards, and explicit retirement gates

      Action

    Workflow diagram

    Part of project

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    Related notes

    Note

    Native Capability Before Custom Work

    A decision rule from the Gmail reassessment: use native overlap to reduce maintenance, preserve only needed safeguards, and make retirement conditional on real account and reporting evidence.

    Related chats

    Chat

    Native Gmail and the Case for Retiring a Workaround

    A September 11 reassessment of Multi Mailbox Ops after native Gmail gained overlapping capabilities. The conversation separates everyday mail work from recovery guarantees and proposes a small account-routing and reporting comparison before retirement.