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> click once to Mark as Spam and be done with it forever. That doesn't always work. I receive spam from a major US university to a Gmail account. Marking it

> click once to Mark as Spam and be done with it forever. That doesn't always work. I receive spam from a major US university to a Gmail account. Marking it as spam for over a year has done nothing.

zaroth 6y ago
That’s a bug with your email client then. Marking as Spam should be the same as a Block plus a Spam Report. Whether they keep sending you email or not, you should never see a message from the same address again. A decent client would give you the option to block the whole domain.
- reaperducer 6y ago
  That’s a bug with your email client then Don't blame the victim. GMail does this. I have the same problem, and I only use GMail's web interface.
  - zaroth 6y ago
    First, I wasn’t blaming the user at all, I was blaming the software. Second, I don’t see any “victim” here. It’s an occasional email sent in error. It’s a special kind of privilege to be able to write 500 words complaining (and threatening retribution) for something like this. Email clients do need to be able to successfully handle spam, it’s a pre-requisite for using email. I would absolutely blame the email client software before shouting into the void.
    - wizzwizz4 6y ago
      Where's the threatened retribution?
      - zaroth 6y ago
        Talk about GDPR, ICO, SEC... calling it a “breach”. Calling out the CTO for deleting old tweets, the comment “I assume that JGC doesn’t like his personal data being misused.” could be interpreted as a veiling threat but it’s borderline.
        wizzwizz4 6y ago
        Talk about the GDPR isn't threatened retribution. It's just something that happens when you violate the GDPR. That's like saying that talk about tax law and the tax office and calling something “tax fraud” is a threat. I do understand about the tweets, though. Calling out perceived hypocrisy, especially when there are legitimate reasons it's not hypocrisy, is a threaty sort of thing.
searchableguy 6y ago
https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can...

> click once to Mark as Spam and be done with it forever. That doesn't always work. I receive spam from a major US university to a Gmail account. Marking it as spam for over a year has done nothing.

zaroth 6y ago

That’s a bug with your email client then. Marking as Spam should be the same as a Block plus a Spam Report. Whether they keep sending you email or not, you should never see a message from the same address again. A decent client would give you the option to block the whole domain.

reaperducer 6y ago
That’s a bug with your email client then Don't blame the victim. GMail does this. I have the same problem, and I only use GMail's web interface.
- zaroth 6y ago
  First, I wasn’t blaming the user at all, I was blaming the software. Second, I don’t see any “victim” here. It’s an occasional email sent in error. It’s a special kind of privilege to be able to write 500 words complaining (and threatening retribution) for something like this. Email clients do need to be able to successfully handle spam, it’s a pre-requisite for using email. I would absolutely blame the email client software before shouting into the void.
  - wizzwizz4 6y ago
    Where's the threatened retribution?
    - zaroth 6y ago
      Talk about GDPR, ICO, SEC... calling it a “breach”. Calling out the CTO for deleting old tweets, the comment “I assume that JGC doesn’t like his personal data being misused.” could be interpreted as a veiling threat but it’s borderline.
      - wizzwizz4 6y ago
        Talk about the GDPR isn't threatened retribution. It's just something that happens when you violate the GDPR. That's like saying that talk about tax law and the tax office and calling something “tax fraud” is a threat. I do understand about the tweets, though. Calling out perceived hypocrisy, especially when there are legitimate reasons it's not hypocrisy, is a threaty sort of thing.

searchableguy 6y ago

https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/can...