Imagine an architecture where incoming emails are parsed to extract key metadata such as sender, subject, category, priority, and body content and then published to a local Kafka queue. From there, applications can subscribe to specific topics or filters, just like they do with notifications or system events.
Think of the possibilities:
- A CRM system could subscribe to emails from clients and auto-log interactions.
- A task manager could subscribe to emails tagged as “Action Required.”
- A personal assistant app could subscribe to calendar invites or travel confirmations.
Users could manage these subscriptions through a simple UI, similar to notification preferences. This model treats email as a stream of structured events, enabling real-time automation, integration, and personalization.
Where things get interesting is what you could do with streaming from multiple sources: not just email, but Slack, Teams, social media accounts - all the different ways you connect with people.
Imagine an architecture where incoming emails are parsed to extract key metadata such as sender, subject, category, priority, and body content and then published to a local Kafka queue. From there, applications can subscribe to specific topics or filters, just like they do with notifications or system events.
Think of the possibilities:
- A CRM system could subscribe to emails from clients and auto-log interactions.
- A task manager could subscribe to emails tagged as “Action Required.”
- A personal assistant app could subscribe to calendar invites or travel confirmations.
Users could manage these subscriptions through a simple UI, similar to notification preferences. This model treats email as a stream of structured events, enabling real-time automation, integration, and personalization.
Where things get interesting is what you could do with streaming from multiple sources: not just email, but Slack, Teams, social media accounts - all the different ways you connect with people.