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How about: I send someone an email, he answers, his answer is classified as spam. That's as broken as it can get! (presumably because google doesn't like 'free

• aianus 9y ago
  Maybe your friend's email server is misconfigured? Incorrect SPF records, etc?
  • _dps 9y ago
    I think the point was that initiating communication with an address is an extremely strong signal of willingness to receive (vs clicking a link, or replying, etc.). I think it's reasonable to expect to receive responses to proactively-initiated threads even if your correspondent isn't optimized for deliverability.
    • aianus 9y ago
      I disagree, just because I’ve emailed support@visa.com in the past does not mean I want every spam phishing email pretending to come from support@visa.com reaching my inbox.
      • _dps 9y ago
        You make a fair point but you've drawn a slightly broader scenario than I had in mind. Surely if you initiate an email to myfriend@obscureserver.com with the title "Hey buddy" and you get back a reply titled "Re: Hey buddy" from someone alleging to be myfriend@obscureserver.com, you'd want that in your inbox and not spam even with a misconfigured sender on your friend's end... no? Edit: my ideal UX in this situation would be to get the mail in inbox, with a small notice saying "Unverified" and a mouseover/hover text explaining what that means re: SPF records; from there if you mark it as spam it would treat such unverified mail from that domain as spam on an ongoing basis
        • singularity2001 9y ago
          yes! I wish I could upvote more.