You're surprised that by following the pattern of a dead-average spammer your letters got treated as spam? That was rhetorical, don't answer. I think you misin

You're surprised that by following the pattern of a dead-average spammer your letters got treated as spam? That was rhetorical, don't answer. I think you misinterpreted my sentence in one dimension, it's not that they don't require things, it's that everyone does. Build reputation, pick a better neighborhood, you'll be fine. It's not Google's fault, it's just the vast amounts of abuse they get that follows the exact pattern you did.