Gmail spam filtering out to lunch lately

[ignatius345]

(not sure the best subforum to put this in, so I'm parking it here)

Anybody else experiencing Gmail totally crapping the bed the past week or two with spam filtering? I've had stretches where it seems to work pretty well, but recently I'm getting bombarded with pretty obvious junk. Wondering if it's just my unfortunately short Gmail account name, or if it's a widespread issue.

 

[Apple fanboy]

(not sure the best subforum to put this in, so I'm parking it here)

Anybody else experiencing Gmail totally crapping the bed the past week or two with spam filtering? I've had stretches where it seems to work pretty well, but recently I'm getting bombarded with pretty obvious junk. Wondering if it's just my unfortunately short Gmail account name, or if it's a widespread issue.

No issues with my gmail account. Does a very good job tbh.

 

[M4th]

I suppose here is as good a place as any other more specific subforum. If Gmail is somehow using Gemini to "learn" how to filter what is or isn't spam, that may account for some lack of effectiveness? Otherwise, (similar to @Apple fanboy), no issues for me either. I don't know why a name of any length would matter?

 

[TheIntruder]

Short or simple format addresses are a killer when it comes to Gmail spam.

But no anomalies here on my end.

By contrast, Apple's filters have been failing to catch fake prize and special offer emails for a few weeks. Bad streaks there occur more frequently and for longer.

 

[ignatius345]

Short or simple format addresses are a killer when it comes to Gmail spam.

But no anomalies here on my end.

By contrast, Apple's filters have been failing to catch fake prize and special offer emails for a few weeks. Bad streaks there occur more frequently and for longer.

Yeah, mine is my first initial and a last name that’s apparently not super uncommon. I’ve always got some spam issues, but lately it’s been missing some pretty obvious ones. Ah well.

 

[TheIntruder]

Yeah, mine is my first initial and a last name that’s apparently not super uncommon. I’ve always got some spam issues, but lately it’s been missing some pretty obvious ones. Ah well.

Converse for me.

What's unusual is that the filtering with the problematic simple name account doesn't perform as well as another account where all of its messages get forwarded. The former doesn't catch the spam, but the latter does after it's forwarded.

The former also gets unintended, but legitimate messages.

It's sort of astounding how many people don't know how to enter their own email addresses, and it's not a question of ownership, since that account was set up during the initial invite-only period.

 

[ignatius345]

It's sort of astounding how many people don't know how to enter their own email addresses, and it's not a question of ownership, since that account was set up during the initial invite-only period.

It blows my mind. You’d think these people would notice when they aren’t getting emails about their oil changes, property assessments, report cards... But no. You have to have functional brain tissue to notice, I guess.

 

[TheIntruder]

It blows my mind. You’d think these people would notice when they aren’t getting emails about their oil changes, property assessments, report cards... But no. You have to have functional brain tissue to notice, I guess.

No doubt. Travel/hotel reservations as well. I had one deadbeat borrower who's behind on their car payments and getting their past due notices.

But what I find more appalling are the organizations that don't implement challenge/response as part of the signup process, and will just automatically enroll any address entered by a random website visitor to their subscriber list. That includes some very big names that should have better practices.

And worse are those that don't offer an easy electronic method to unsubscribe, and want people to call them.