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chevron-rightDo I need to sign up or download anything to use Decoded?hashtag

No, you only need your regular email account. Send your first email to [email protected] (or any other assistant), and you’ll be automatically registered as a user.

chevron-rightHow do I send files to an assistant?hashtag

Files should be sent to assistants as attachments. Assistants do not have the capacity to download files from links at this time.

chevron-rightShould I fill out the 'subject' field when emailing an assistant?hashtag

No, assistants do not consider the 'subject' field of emails they receive. This means you can provide a subject for your own reference or leave the field blank. All critical information you need an assistant to consider should be included in the body of your emails.

chevron-rightHow long does it take for an assistant to respond to emails?hashtag

You will generally receive a response within 2-3 minutes from most assistants. Tasks which require deep research or file manipulation will take approximately 5 minutes. If you do not receive a response from an assistant within 10 minutes, something has gone wrong.

chevron-rightI never received a response to my email. What happened?hashtag

If you do not receive a response from an assistant within 10 minutes of sending an email, something has gone wrong. The cause is usually one of the following:

  • Temporary server overloads or network outages on our end or yours.

  • Our system marked your message as SPAM or your mail server has been blacklisted.

  • Your email exceeded the size limit enforced by our mail server and the message was dropped. You should receive notification of this. Please keep messages below 15MB.

  • Your email could not be received for some other technical reason and was bounced. You should receive notification of this.

  • The assistant responded, but the email might be in your spam or junk folder. Check these folders and whitelist the address to prevent this from happening again.

If you are consistantly missing repsonses from an assistant, please email [email protected] with the details.

chevron-rightCan I send multiple emails back-to-back?hashtag

Ideally, no. Please wait for a response before sending a follow-up email, as Decoded is designed to handle one email thread at a time.

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