Ask HN: Are you also getting extremely obvious spam bypassing Gmail's filters?

Not really a new issue. I have an old Gmail account that I don't use as my primary email anymore. However since it's still attached to some services that use Google SSO I have reason to check it occassionally. The amount of spam that makes its way pass the Gmail filter is on the order of hundreds of emails a week. Fastmail on the other hand seem to do a lot better, generally only 1-2 spam making its way to my inbox a day, and never any legitimate mail marked as spam in the several years I've used them. Even Outlook (which I use at work) seems to do a lot better although it sends legitimate emails to my spam folder more than I'd like. YMMV.

>Couldn't believe how many legit emails were in there. Missed a handful of important emails and who knows how many more, since they're deleted after 30 days.

The administrator of my email servers has a vested interest in making sure I get all valid emails and in junking the garbage.

Gmail administrators are interested in pleasing their boss and getting paid -- the quality of their spam filters and especially your interests aren't even in their top ten important issues.

The only problem with my set up is that if my email administrator gets bored, I'm screwed. Fortunately, that's unlikely as I am my email administrator.

I expect that many folks will dismiss this email as just some rando who doesn't understand just how important it is to have gmail or some other provider's email service because reasons.

But the truth is that quality service is based on having the right incentives. And Google (and by extension, their employees and contractors) have zero incentive to consider the needs and interests of their product.

And why should they? If you're a car salesman, do you worry about how a particular car will feel if sold to a jerk? If you're a barista, do you care if the lattes you make are consumed or thrown away?

I could go on, but I expect I've made my point.

I'm very surprised to hear that I'm not the only one getting spams in my inbox and legitimate emails in the spam folder for more than a month.

I thought that Google had some sort of metrics and would spot this issue if it was widespread, but it seems they don't even bother.

Do they even care about Google search and GMail? They're getting worse and worse.

Yes I get these exact emails, also get added to Google docs

Just got that exact email moments ago.