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Are they going to go after Microsoft, Yahoo, and Google because people have second emails?

• ceejayoz 5y ago
  Spam filters are apparently ripe for regulation. https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-greg-steube-asks-google-chief-why-are-my-campaigns-emails-going-to-my-dads-spam-folder https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-rep-greg-steube-asks-googl... > Pichai attempted to explain individual email account settings to Steube, prompting the congressman to interject when the Google chief said the “primary tab” is for friends and family. “Well, it was my father who is not receiving now my campaign emails. So clearly that familial thing you’re talking about didn’t apply to my emails,” Steube exclaimed, conflating his personal emails with his political campaign’s.
  • tdeck 5y ago
    It's not so surprising that these people are ignorant, but what's really frustrating is that they don't even realize their own ignorance. If they did that, maybe they'd get help writing these questions from somebody with a clue.
    • freetinker 5y ago
      Let’s assume for a second that his campaign’s emails were truly going to spam by default. If that’s happening by default (we don’t know that it isn’t), isn’t that cause for concern? Either the spam algorithm is rightly (by design intent) filtering because the campaign emails fit certain heuristics of spammy email. Or perhaps a skunkworks style rogue group within Google is meddling. (To be clear, I’m not suggesting this is happening, and personally believe it’s improbable – but one must consider that it’s possible.)
      • ceejayoz 5y ago
        Have you seen campaign emails lately? Spam's where quite a few of them belong.