I gave up on Gmail spam filtering a few years ago and created a rule to send messages to inbox. I don't get that much spam, so it's not too bad. But then again,

I gave up on Gmail spam filtering a few years ago and created a rule to send messages to inbox. I don't get that much spam, so it's not too bad. But then again, Gmail probably has some black-box filters that removes messages that I'll never see. The real horror show is Outlook/live.com. The spam filter is super aggressive, and if you don't have the sender marked as a safe sender, it will get sent to spam. I've missed invoices, tax and government communication, important messages from friends I hadn't talked to in a while, invites to events, job offers, and more. What's even worse is that Outlook automatically deletes messages in the spam folder every ten days. I don't always check my email frequently, so sometimes I'll never see an email before it is gone. There is no way to extend this period, or disable the spam filtering functionality altogether. Outlook might be free, but it has cost me a lot. When I open up outlook, the first place I go to is the spam folder, because that is where the important emails are. At one time, I even had a reminder in my calendar to check the spam box every few days. It's such an user-hostile way to do spam filtering, as it forces me to pay _more_ attention to spam. I'd rather just have them dump everything in my inbox, and deal with it myself. I think it's about time that I moved away from these email services.