Secure Forwarding
Allowing users to forward emails from potential employers so Pathos can automatically update the relevant application status.
Pathos does not need broad access to a user's mailbox to learn when an application moves. The user forwards a recruiter message through a dedicated alias, creating a narrow input boundary instead of an open-ended inbox connection.
Before content can touch the pipeline, the webhook is verified, the forwarding alias is resolved to its owner, sender identity is normalized, and the message is matched to an application. If that chain is uncertain, the system does not force a state change.
The first classification passes are deterministic: extract company and sender evidence, detect explicit response categories, and reject conflicting signals before a model is allowed to interpret ambiguity.
Only unresolved messages reach the model fallback. That keeps the common path fast and inspectable while limiting probabilistic judgment to the cases that actually require it.
What the system guarantees
- Forwarded messages are verified and resolved to the correct user before classification begins.
- Deterministic signals and conservative application matching run before any model fallback.
- Confidence controls authority: apply, stage, or ignore, with review and undo preserved.