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The specific email problem revolves around the functionality of Gmail’s labeling system as opposed to traditional folders. After years of adapting to Gmail's structure, the speaker faced a significant realization: his email backup system was flawed, with over 100,000 messages missing due to a misunderstanding of how Gmail’s labels function.
In his quest to rectify this issue, he relied initially on traditional coding approaches. However, he quickly found himself at the intersection of personal capability and artificial intelligence’s potential when he discovered Google Apps Script, a platform allowing users to automate tasks in Google’s suite of services.