> Having a mailing list doesn't necessarely mean the content is unwanted. I'm subscribed to HN replies for instance. I want those email. If it started going to

> Having a mailing list doesn't necessarely mean the content is unwanted. I'm subscribed to HN replies for instance. I want those email. If it started going to spam, I might consider "hey it's a few false positive". But for the HN replies guys, it would be maddening to be unable to fix the problem because Google can't be arsed to have a support channel. I'm not sure this argument is related to the rest of your post, but FWIW, GMail/Inbox puts emails from mail lists into their own "Forums" category, not in the spam folder.