Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#11

Post by SirensOfTitan » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:03 AM UTC

It’s been like this for a year. I don’t use Google services outside of work, but my mom has early Alzheimer’s disease, and emails about outstanding debts or free gift cards can confuse her sometimes.

I don’t understand what Google engineers do every day. Google apps are the worst products I interact with: from Gmail spam to daily freezes of the YouTube app on my Apple TV.

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#12

Post by fergie » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:06 AM UTC

What is your primary spoken language? What language are your emails coming through in?

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#13

Post by ldoughty » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:07 AM UTC

I'm guessing they are tweaking spam filters and you're in the test pool.

I've had very little spam on any of my Gmail addresses for the last 3+ years

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#14

Post by adriancarrieres » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:08 AM UTC

Same, i was clear from spam for so many years, now I sometimes have ten spam/phishing per week, for a few months now

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

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Post by xchip » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:11 AM UTC

Same here, I get spam everday. Too bad they are not able to catch it :( Where is their AI???

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#16

Post by fareesh » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:13 AM UTC

Midterms are coming up in the USA, expect the people in the tech companies to steer the technology in a direction that helps the party of virtue

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#17

Post by thegeekpirate » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:16 AM UTC

Had an account since beta. Don't recall receiving a single spam email until a few months ago at the very least, and have been receiving one roughly every couple of weeks. Very odd indeed.

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#18

Post by hollowturtle » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:18 AM UTC

fergie wrote: post #12

What is your primary spoken language? What language are your emails coming through in?

Italian, why?

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

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Post by pertymcpert » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:20 AM UTC

fareesh wrote: post #16

Midterms are coming up in the USA, expect the people in the tech companies to steer the technology in a direction that helps the party of virtue

As much as they want to I don't think they're going to help the Republicans this time.

Re: Ask HN: What's happening with Gmail spam filtering?

#20

Post by brushfoot » Wed, Sep 21, 2022, 11:25 AM UTC

This has been happening to me too but for months now.

Fot me, the spam that makes it through all comes from Gmail addresses. Maybe the filter is more lenient with Gmail accounts.