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>And then suddenly, you got a GB of storage. For free. No questions asked. And its UI was simple and easy-to-use. And you could search it. Also don't forget th
by jasode 6y ago
>And then suddenly, you got a GB of storage. For free. No questions asked. And its UI was simple and easy-to-use. And you could search it.
Also don't forget that Gmail at the time had the most intelligent spam blocking algorithm compared to AOL/Yahoo/Hotmail/etc.
It was a big enough deal that some observers that switched to Gmail considered the email spam problem as "solved" because Gmail seemed so good at it. (On the other hand, many independent people trying to run their own SMTP servers think that Gmail is too aggressive with spam filtering because it also blocks many legitimate senders with low/unknown reputation.)
- mike_h 6y agoIs there a better spam filter today?
- selcuka 6y agoDefine better. Gmail does a pretty good job for most use cases but it's all about compromises. One person's spam is another's ham; so you will unavoidably end up with false positives and/or false negatives. For some organisations you might want a system that you can fine tune those.
- flemhans 6y agoFunnily enough, Gmail can be on the receiving end sometimes too, e.g. being blocked in SORBS. The response was: 451 Currently Sending Spam See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?209.85.215.41 Although some may argue that SORBS is a bad system, anyway.