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I was using Hushmail for email up until 3 months ago. I had to switch to Gmail because my emails were randomly going into spam folders of Gmail users. Including

by trengrj 11y ago

I was using Hushmail for email up until 3 months ago. I had to switch to Gmail because my emails were randomly going into spam folders of Gmail users. Including users that had previously emailed me (so they should have already been in the very unlikely spam list). I believe it is just a well meaning extension of Gmail's spam filter but it has real anti-competitive results. I had to take the pragmatic course of action but I now view email as inherently unreliable. If any Google employees are here, consider adding the rule "if email address in (list of emails addresses sent to) then NOT SPAM". It would make a lot of people's lives easier.

probablyfiction 11y ago
It's not as simple as that. If someone I've corresponded with has had their account compromised and is sending me messages saying that they've been kidnapped, or have vi@gr@ to sell, I definitely want that filtered.
- trengrj 11y ago
  Really? If my friend had an account compromised I'd like to get these emails so I could notify them something was wrong. I could always filter the emails if nothing could be done. Additionally I'd like to still receive emails from friends even if they mention vi@gr@ too much.
- irl_zebra 11y ago
  Not me. Those are so irregular, it lets me immediately get in touch with that person and let them know that their email is hacked. If my mom starts sending me vi@gr@ emails, you can bet I want to get on top of the situation and not have the email be redirected to dev/null.
dhimes 11y ago
I've never used gmail. I can't believe they don't have this rule. If you are correct, then yeah- duh: Please don't dump people I'm regularly corresponding with into a spam folder. I work with non-profits and such in my volunteer time and the servers may not look quite right. But if they are trying to reach me and it's a known address then please don't dump it.
Arnt 11y ago
https://support.google.com/mail/answer/50200 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/50200 is the reason they don't do that.

by trengrj 11y ago

probablyfiction 11y ago

It's not as simple as that. If someone I've corresponded with has had their account compromised and is sending me messages saying that they've been kidnapped, or have vi@gr@ to sell, I definitely want that filtered.

trengrj 11y ago
Really? If my friend had an account compromised I'd like to get these emails so I could notify them something was wrong. I could always filter the emails if nothing could be done. Additionally I'd like to still receive emails from friends even if they mention vi@gr@ too much.
irl_zebra 11y ago
Not me. Those are so irregular, it lets me immediately get in touch with that person and let them know that their email is hacked. If my mom starts sending me vi@gr@ emails, you can bet I want to get on top of the situation and not have the email be redirected to dev/null.

dhimes 11y ago

I've never used gmail. I can't believe they don't have this rule. If you are correct, then yeah- duh: Please don't dump people I'm regularly corresponding with into a spam folder. I work with non-profits and such in my volunteer time and the servers may not look quite right. But if they are trying to reach me and it's a known address then please don't dump it.

Arnt 11y ago

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/50200 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/50200 is the reason they don't do that.