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Real-World Email Classification Examples

Actual inbox examples from production runs, showing what to classify and what to ignore.

Order Confirmations → Rechnungen_jjjj_mm/Bestellungen_jjjj_mm

Sender Subject Key Body Indicators
bestellbestaetigung@amazon.de "Bestellt: ..." "Bestellnr.", "Vielen Dank für deine Bestellung"
noreply@cateringexpert.de "Bestellung erfolgreich" "Bestellbestätigung", "Verpflegungsteilnehmer"

Shipments/Notifications → IGNORE

Sender Subject Why Ignore
shipment-tracking@amazon.de "In Zustellung: ..." Delivery notification, not an order/invoice
versandbestaetigung@amazon.de "Versendet: ..." Shipping confirmation, not order/invoice
order-update@amazon.de "zugestellt" / "geliefert" Delivery complete
rueckgabe@amazon.de Any Return/refund, not an invoice
noreply@dhl.de "Sendung liegt" / "Zustellung" DHL delivery attempt notice

Invoices → Rechnungen_jjjj_mm

Sender Subject Key Body Indicators
no-reply@amazon.de "Rechnung" / "Rechnung für" "Rechnungsnummer", "Gesamtbetrag", "Umsatzsteuer"
AmericanExpress@welcome.americanexpress.com "Online-Monatsabrechnung" Credit card statement

Credit Memos → Rechnungen_jjjj_mm/Gutschriften_jjjj_mm

Sender Subject
Any Subject contains "Gutschrift"

Typical Ignore Categories (never classify)

Category Senders Examples
Marketing/Newsletter HelloFresh, Lidl, Rewe, Schuh-Schmid, Bestsecret, Metro, mymuesli, aldi-sued Deal alerts, weekly offers
Social/Job mailrobot@mail.xing.com, jobalerts-noreply@linkedin.com, Facebook, Pinterest Birthdays, job alerts, connections
Solar/Technical noreply@sunnyportal.com Tagesertrag reports, error reports
Shipping Delays noreply@dhl.de "verspätet sich" delivery delay notices
Marketing/Newsletter HelloFresh, Lidl, Rewe, Schuh-Schmid, Bestsecret, Metro, mymuesli, aldi-sued Deal alerts, weekly offers
Energy/Utility Promo news@email.eis.de "Guthaben verfällt" balance expiry reminders — marketing, not invoice
Payment App Marketing noreply@hello.klarna.com "Bleib flexibel" / "Bezahl mit Klarna" — app feature promo, not invoice
Newsletters newsletter@news.reolinksupport.com, newsletter@deals.banggood.com Product news, deals
System noreply-dmarc-support@google.com DMARC reports
Personal ich@dominikschoen.de, debug1@grafiniert.de Non-business emails

Decision Flow

1. Does subject contain "Rechnung" or "Gutschrift"?
   → Yes: read body for Rechnung# / Gesamtbetrag → invoice OR gut-schrift
   → No: continue

2. Does subject contain "bestellt" / "bestellung"?
   → Yes: read body
     - Contains "Bestellnr." + "Vielen Dank" → order confirmation
     - Contains "In Zustellung" / "zugestellt" / "versendet" → shipment (ignore)
     - Contains "Rücksendung" / "Erstattung" → return (ignore)

3. Otherwise: IGNORE