I suspect so. I've noticed the same uptick in spam into my inbox. I disabled the auto-image-loading as a result, but haven't seen an improvement yet. I also ha

I suspect so. I've noticed the same uptick in spam into my inbox. I disabled the auto-image-loading as a result, but haven't seen an improvement yet. I also have a feeling that the "report spam" button loses its effectiveness after awhile. I went on a report-spam-spree a few months ago, but Google seemed to ignore half of my reports and still delivers those senders to my inbox. Frustrating.