How an indie maker uses AI to run overseas business email in 40 minutes a day
lxfater · x · 2026-10-29
Indie maker lxfater (108K followers) shares how, after earning his first overseas income ($248.29 via Gumroad), he uses a Mail Agent to run his overseas business email in 40 minutes a day. The workflow: have AI scan the last two days for sponsorship invites across All Mail; list threads awaiting his reply and draft short English responses; iterate outreach drafts with "shorter, more natural" prompts while manually checking commitments; audit subscriptions and bills by service with amounts and paid/unpaid status, then export to Excel; flag scam emails. Full prompts and step-by-step screenshots included — a copyable one-person-company email ops playbook.
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