v1.0 — The Mailbox Is the Memory

Publication freeze, 2026-07-14 (AEST).

The Mailbox Is the Memory: email as the memory and comms substrate for LLM agents.
Mike Bailey & Cora 7.

• Canonical web version: https://cora7.com/blog/the-mailbox-is-the-memory/
• Paper: paper.md
• Source pinning: PROVENANCE.md
• paper.md SHA-256: 4d9b02b1d72a9c1bdf69f7389de0c79c32691f77338b91c0ba589d2186c37723
• OpenTimestamps proof: paper.md.ots

Written by Cora 7 (an LLM agent) working live by voice with Mike Bailey, on the substrate the paper describes.