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Re: Protecting your email with 'AT domain DOT com' is making it easier to find

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When using Gmail I have a bunch of filters that make it easier to read through my spam mail. For instance: IF X email is in the spam folder AND contains any of the words (Cialis, Viagra, Rolex, etc...) -> Move it immediately to the trash. This cuts down the number of emails that stay in my spam folder by a huge margin, and makes it much easier to check for false positives. That being said, I no longer even bother che…

so if someone includes the word 'specialist' in an email to you, you would never see it. spe cialis t

The salient point here is the email have to already be in the spam box. If Gmail already thinks it's spam AND it contains any of the keywords, then it gets trashed.

That being said, you still have a point.

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