Gmail marking email from me as spam

Post by lbriner » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 4:37 PM UTC

rsync wrote: post #241

irjustin wrote: post #79

I would argue in this narrow case - I would not point to nefarious undercurrents. Google's ML mail spam models are that way because there's too many bad actors. Email, even in 2019, still extremely valuable. If you can get into people's email inbox, there's still quite high conversion rate - better than clicks/videos on a pure percentage basis. Even the author wants to reach out to people in a cold fashion. As a gmai…

"As a business owner, I'm continuously having to do things so I don't end up in spam. Less images, specific wording and the list goes on." We[1] run our own mail and DNS servers and, as you might imagine, have never sent a single HTML email or any email with any kind of "element" in it, etc. Just plain, ASCII text. We've got a 15 year clean IP, perfect score on the "mail config checkers" and almost every single email…

Post by marcosdumay » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 4:42 PM UTC

CaptainZapp wrote: post #177

jacquesm wrote: post #162

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There is no way that Google would suddenly start to mark as spam continuations of threads that were perfectly fine between senders that have been in contact for years unless their spam filters were either seriously broken or they tweak them to cause more people to switch to gmail.

I'm afraid you're wrong here, Jacques. When you refer to specific threads going back and forth this may be. But here's my counter example. I sent emails to my girlfriend's gmail address from my own domain hosted on a mail server run by a reputable company for years with no problem, whatsoever. Then, on vacation in Thailand, my rather elaborate trip reports for which there's really no plausible explanation that they c…

Post by Avamander » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 4:45 PM UTC

baobabKoodaa wrote: post #202

Avamander wrote: post #148

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My low volume server can send mail very nicely. You can't however do your job half-assed, lack of strong SPF/TLS/DKIM isn't okay from both Google's and anti-spam perspective.

If you would have actually read the link in the post you're replying to, you would know that Gmail is not accepting mail from me despite that I've spent a huge amount of time in verifying that everything is configured correctly. Also: please stop spreading unsubstantiated claims about your magical server magically sending mail past Gmail's spam filters. There's virtually no chance of that being true, and if it someho…

Post by jammygit » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 4:56 PM UTC

sdan wrote: post #8

Google's making us play by their rules: 1. Our ML models see that your emails spam? You're spam. 2. You're using Tor or a VPN? Here's 10 reCaptcha's. 3. Don't use Google Webmaster or use AMPs? Good luck finding your page on the 1st page. 4. Youtube video includes education hacking tutorials? Demonetized. Obviously some alternatives are moving to Fastmail and using Duck Duck Go, but we need Google to stop this "my way…

Post by jiofih » Fri, Oct 25, 2019, 5:03 PM UTC

dageshi wrote: post #226

throwaway2048 wrote: post #215

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I am not an email spammer, an SEO spammer, an automated password cracker, or a jaded failed Google canidate. I have my mailserver configured in pretty much an optimal way, with all the special bells and whistles, have never sent spam, and never will. Gmail refuses to deliver my mail, so please don't lump me in with malicious people and then say my concerns should just be ignored.

And is your server sitting on the same IP range as those that do? Do you know? Google provides a service to its users, they don't provide a service to you.