2y ago

Google is making it harder for bulk senders to fill your Gmail with spam

www.theverge.com

New Gmail rules enforced starting in February should reduce spam, make it easier to unsubscribe from bulk senders, and close email security loopholes exploited by cybercriminals.

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2y ago

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Google is making it harder for bulk senders to fill your Gmail with spam

www.theverge.com /2023/10/3/23901104/google-gmail-email-spam-security-authentication-update

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Yeah... unless you pay Google. Then they hand deliver "promoted" emails which somehow always fill the top few slots in my email. Funny how that works.
- I have never in my life seen that. The emails appear in order of arrival. I am confused about what you talk about.
  
  https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/5/23712440/gmail-ads-more-annoying-middle-inbox
  It's mostly on the mobile app for me.
- Have you considered moving your email away from Google? It's easier than you'd expect
  
  Please elobrate.
Alternative headline: Google is making it even harder for non-Google operators of mail servers to interoperate with gmail.
- Ehh I dunno, this doesn't really change much for regular mail operators. Anyone can choose to reject any message as spam based on whatever rules they choose, and this seems pretty reasonable.
  
  I certainly don't enjoy having to update my mail server configuration every couple of years. But once done it does make a huge difference to what gets through. I do worry there might be tweaks to make for my patch sending workflow.
This seems like non-news. If a provider sends a notable amount of spam they will be blocked.
I do hope that they are careful to avoid blocking personal mail servers that send 10 messages getting blocked if 1 is marked as spam.
- This is literally about changes to senders who make 5k+ messages per day, so yeah, no need to worry.
Meh...I don't trust them to do anything which is why I strictly use Gmail for spam, just like I did with Hotmail before that, and my ISPs email before that.
It's pure self-interest. They want better information about the person. Spam muddies the waters, so cleaning the up to have the best picture of whoever it is they're surveilling is only reasonable.
Is this a puff piece for Google because they are going through a secret anti-trust trial?
The actual updates: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126?hl=en#requirements-5k&zippy=%2Crequirements-for-sending-or-more-messages-per-day
uh huh. lol.

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