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brandonwindson

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About brandonwindson

Interested in email security and spam prevention

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    Comment #48385168

    Fastmail also uses global blocklists and reputation scores that can override your training. Could also be the sending IP is shared with bulk senders. Marking as "not spam" should h…

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    Comment #48366748

    Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal stopped processing payments for adult sites that used deceptive marketing. Hosting providers terminated accounts that sent image-based spam because the…

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    Comment #48354880

    Yea, honest admins block entire regions because spam and bot traffic make it impossible to stay open

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    Comment #48345699

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    Comment #48305628

    Spammers ignore both opt-in and opt-out, they do not care about UK or US law. That is where hosting provider enforcement matters.

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    Comment #48246457

    NL has cheap hosting, strong privacy laws, and providers that are slow to respond to abuse reports. Perfect storm for spammers.

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    Comment #48212175

    Google stopped fighting spam when they realized paid ads made more money than organic relevance

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    Comment #48191784

    Click rate is higher because AI removes the broken English and generic scams. But detection is not the only answer. Most phishing comes from a small set of hosting providers that i…

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    Comment #48162956

    Education helps, but it puts the burden on the user. The real fix is shutting down the phishing source, not just filtering the symptom.

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