Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-03 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
> > The /recipient/ of the messages is *not* the problem. The /source/ of > the messages *is* the problem. > > What is done with what is received is independent of the source of the > problem. > Yes! This is absolutely true. Some of the members of this list use mail servers whose outbound

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-03 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 1/3/21 8:40 AM, Peter Coghlan wrote: Grant, Hi Peter, Do you think it is likely that an email address like check212...@gmail.com is used by an actual real person for their personal email? I absolutely do. Multiply the odds of the above by the odds that some spammer or other

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> Hi Peter, > > About two minutes of searching lead to this: > https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse. The keywords were "gmail > report spam abuse", which led me to a page that was centered on > organizations using Gmail as their backend and how to file a report against > them that

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 1/1/21 4:24 PM, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: Does "Joe Job" mean anything to you? There is also the possibility that the bounce recipient is a perfectly legitimate user that is the victim of someone else purposely doing things to cause bounces (and other crap) to be sent to them. If

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 1/1/21 2:24 PM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: You misunderstand. What is Gmail / Google specific about it is that this is going on for nearly 5 years using the same recipient mailbox because it is so far impossible to let Google know about it so that Google can can delete the mailbox

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> My issue with Google and evil is that they provide no way that I can > find to bring abuse of Google facilites (to send spam for example) > to their attention so that the abuse can be stopped. For example, > someone has been testing my mail server to see if it can be used to > relay spam by

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
Hi Peter, About two minutes of searching lead to this: https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse. The keywords were "gmail report spam abuse", which led me to a page that was centered on organizations using Gmail as their backend and how to file a report against them that Google will handle.

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 1/1/21 6:43 AM, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: My issue with Google and evil is that they provide no way that I can find to bring abuse of Google facilites (to send spam for example) to their attention so that the abuse can be stopped. For example, someone has been testing my mail server

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
than trying to fix google > > Dave > G4UGM > > > > -Original Message- > > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan > > via cctalk > > Sent: 01 January 2021 13:44 > > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > > &g

RE: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
Dave G4UGM > -Original Message- > From: cctalk On Behalf Of Peter Coghlan > via cctalk > Sent: 01 January 2021 13:44 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail > > Hi Mi

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Hi Mike, Thanks for chiming in on this. > Disclaimer: I don't speak for Google ... > Large corporations (Google included) are basically a scaling problem, > especially when it comes to customer service. I think that's pretty > obvious, and stories about YouTube problems and account access are

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2021-01-01 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 07:43:12PM -0800, Michael Brutman via cctalk wrote: > Disclaimer: I don't speak for Google ... > The thread shows a lot of Google bashing. Insinuating that Google makes it > difficult so that people follow the path of least resistance is part of > that. I didn't insinuate

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-31 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
Disclaimer: I don't speak for Google ... The thread shows a lot of Google bashing. Insinuating that Google makes it difficult so that people follow the path of least resistance is part of that. For years I had a non-Google backed email system and I did not have problems with sending or

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-31 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> It seems easier to bash Google than it is to debug the actual problems. I think this is an unfair characterization of the frustrations people have voiced. I agree individual engineers aren't out to get people with private mail servers, but: > There are a lot of factors that > need to be

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-31 Thread Michael Brutman via cctalk
It seems easier to bash Google than it is to debug the actual problems. I work at Google; not on Gmail but on things that many of you use daily. I don't believe my colleagues are trying to build market share by annoying specific users and dropping their mail. There are a lot of factors that

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-31 Thread Alexander Schreiber via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:18:56AM -0500, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > > Attempting to pull in this thread a tad, there are relatively simple > > measures that can be taken to bring a private mail server into compliance > > with gmail, Amazon, Microsoft level mail server protocol and > >

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> > The only conclusion I can draw is that Google is arbitrary and doesn't > > care and I'm one of the rare beneficiaries of their arbitrariness. > > I'm quite convinced that Google isn't arbitrary. It's just that there > are a LOT more variables in play than we know about, much less have >

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
And just to add on a data point (Bill, I know you're not the enemy here), one of my personally-maintained mail servers does TLS and the other doesn't, I do have proper reverse DNS but used not to, and while I have SPF I've never done DKIM, and I've never had any trouble getting mail to Gmail.

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 12/30/20 4:35 PM, Cameron Kaiser via cctalk wrote: The only conclusion I can draw is that Google is arbitrary and doesn't care and I'm one of the rare beneficiaries of their arbitrariness. I'm quite convinced that Google isn't arbitrary. It's just that there are a LOT more variables in

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Cameron Kaiser via cctalk
> As I said, I don't have problems sending mail to Amazon, Microsoft or any of > the large (or small) email providers except for gmail.com and other Google > email services. It really is just Google. I do have DNS properly configured, > SPF in place and no TLS. I can't be bothered setting up

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
On 12/30/20 13:55, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: That's not true. You don't have to do the cryptographic heavy lifting on the classic computer. You can easily do the cryptographic heavy lifting on other more contemporary computers which are

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 11:35 AM Peter Corlett via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > [...] > > Attempting to pull in this thread a tad, there are relatively simple > > measures that can be taken to bring a private

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Wed, 30 Dec 2020, Grant Taylor via cctalk wrote: That's not true. You don't have to do the cryptographic heavy lifting on the classic computer. You can easily do the cryptographic heavy lifting on other more contemporary computers which are used as a smart host for the classic computers.

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Grant Taylor via cctalk
On 12/30/20 9:35 AM, Peter Corlett via cctalk wrote: This means that classic computers can no longer send email, because they don't have enough grunt to overcome this artificial barrier. That's not true. You don't have to do the cryptographic heavy lifting on the classic computer. You can

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> > Attempting to pull in this thread a tad, there are relatively simple > measures that can be taken to bring a private mail server into compliance > with gmail, Amazon, Microsoft level mail server protocol and > authentication. Its not just gmail. The simplest measures are done with > DNS and

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:13:40AM -0500, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: [...] > Attempting to pull in this thread a tad, there are relatively simple > measures that can be taken to bring a private mail server into compliance > with gmail, Amazon, Microsoft level mail server protocol and >

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 10:19 AM Chris Zach via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > Attempting to pull in this thread a tad, there are relatively simple > > measures that can be taken to bring a private mail server into compliance > > with gmail, Amazon, Microsoft level mail server

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Attempting to pull in this thread a tad, there are relatively simple measures that can be taken to bring a private mail server into compliance with gmail, Amazon, Microsoft level mail server protocol and authentication. Its not just gmail. The simplest measures are done with DNS and TLS. Most

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
> > Of course. It makes trouble to other net users and tries to preserve > itself by hiding complaints. Life would be easier for it if it > actually tried to imitate poorly working spam catcher. > > Now imagine that there is no "off switch". It can only be persuaded by > sending email to it, but

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-30 Thread Tomasz Rola via cctalk
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:25:13AM -0500, Chris Zach via cctalk wrote: > >Google need to review their motto and start living by it. > > Google ditched their "Don't be evil" motto a long long time ago. Now > it's "what is best for google?". Well, I do not think goog needs to do anything other

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
Yes, I know.  I have an email from 2005 saying that I was forced to give it up 'a few years ago' with them saying they were being discontinued, but don't have the original email.  I lost some stuff when I converted from Eudora to Thunderbird.  However I dropped my membership of the computer

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Google need to review their motto and start living by it. Google ditched their "Don't be evil" motto a long long time ago. Now it's "what is best for google?". If google became a sentient AI (quite possible) it's a pretty damn selfish one. CZ

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
My original email alias was from computer.org.  Then I got a mysterious email saying that they were no longer going to offer computer.org email aliases, so I switched to ieee.org. Really? When did that happen, you should still be able to re-sign up for one using that link. Give it a try. I

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
My original email alias was from computer.org.  Then I got a mysterious email saying that they were no longer going to offer computer.org email aliases, so I switched to ieee.org.  I had one site refuse to let me use my ieee.org email address to log on since the initial request came from a google

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
Bill Degnan wrote: > On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:11 PM jim stephens via cctalk < > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > > > > On 12/28/2020 2:25 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk > > > wrote: > > >> Hi, > > >> I have noticed the same

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
You're kidding? I actually *wrote* the entire E-account, E-Alias, and E-commerce system used by the IEEE Computer Society back in 1995, and I keep my membership because of the mail forwarding to my home address. Amazingly enough the forms I developed are still used, and I'd guess the back end

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Nigel Johnson via cctalk
The IEEE also uses google! One of my NetBSD correspondents simply blocks all mail from google servers on his system! cheers, Nigel Nigel Johnson, MSc., MIEEE, MCSE VE3ID/G4AJQ/VA3MCU Amateur Radio, the origin of the open-source concept! Skype: TILBURY2591 nw.john...@ieee.org On 2020-12-29

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Google has more resources than me. How about they update their systems to match Internet email standards? The big problem isn't google doing it: They can do whatever they want. The problem comes when state and local governments switch to google mail services and now your constituents can no

RE: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Dave Wade G4UGM via cctalk
> cctalk > Sent: 29 December 2020 11:16 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts > > Subject: Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail > > On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 00:29, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Thank you both for your informatio

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Tue, 29 Dec 2020 at 00:29, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote: > > Thank you both for your information but I am still mystified as to why > Gmail marks Google alerts (from Google!) as spam. That is particularly amusing/irritating, yes. I have 3 or 4 connected accounts -- AOL, Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Peter Corlett via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 05:12:09PM -0500, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: [...] > For those of you who run your own mail servers please consider updating > your DNS / authentication to match gmail standards. Google has more resources than me. How about they update their systems to match Internet

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-29 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:50, Bill Degnan wrote: > > Liam, > As I said I can set up a filter but that does not really solve the problem it > compensates for it in the cctalk world only. OK, that's fair. If I stuck a finger in the air and guesstimated, I'd say about 95% of my email is filtered,

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 12/28/2020 6:24 PM, Bill Degnan wrote: I do this for a living so I am speaking professionally here. The comment is about the Gmail filters working.  Their spam filtering is  what you refer to. All of my filters work randomly.  I also get emails from their own sources in the form of

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
I've had similar problems with gmail (I get my mail via POP3, not over the web). I solved it by "whitelisting" the problem sites. Here's a "how to": https://www.jotform.com/help/404-how-to-prevent-emails-from-landing-in-gmails-spam-folder --Chuck

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 8:11 PM jim stephens via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > On 12/28/2020 2:25 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk > > wrote: > >> Hi, > >> I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread jim stephens via cctalk
On 12/28/2020 2:25 PM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: Hi, I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in the spam folder of gmail. I have 2 nested folders (labels/tags/whatever) in Gmail: classiccmp/talk and

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
Long ago, some mailing list people found that some newbies, rather than properly UNSUBSCRIBE, after sending a message directly to the list saying, "UNSCRIBE ME", would then proceed to mark their incoming messages from the list as "SPAM" in order to stop receiving them. GOOGLE, would of course,

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Fred Cisin via cctalk
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020, Nemo Nusquam via cctalk wrote: Thank you both for your information but I am still mystified as to why Gmail marks Google alerts (from Google!) as spam. True Independence of departments? When the spam filter people encounter something that THEY consider spam, they don't

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
On 12/28/20 17:58, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote: > Apologies for asking but what the gmail standards? Anything from > yahoo.com, some of Google's own alerts, and items from > lists.dwarfstd.org were all marked as spam. They really won't tell you. I run into problems with them from time to

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Peter Coghlan via cctalk
> Apologies for asking but what the gmail standards?  Anything from > yahoo.com, some of Google's own alerts, and items from > lists.dwarfstd.org were all marked as spam. They really won't tell you. I run into problems with them from time to time, they seem to want to only talk to

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
On Mon, Dec 28, 2020 at 5:25 PM Liam Proven via cctalk < cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in the > > spam folder of gmail. > > I have 2 nested folders

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Chris Zach via cctalk
Apologies for asking but what the gmail standards?  Anything from yahoo.com, some of Google's own alerts, and items from lists.dwarfstd.org were all marked as spam. They really won't tell you. I run into problems with them from time to time, they seem to want to only talk to microsoft.com

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Nemo Nusquam via cctalk
On 12/28/20 17:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote (in part): I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in the spam folder of gmail. [...] For those of you who run your own mail servers please consider updating your DNS / authentication to match gmail standards.

Re: Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Liam Proven via cctalk
On Mon, 28 Dec 2020 at 23:12, Bill Degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Hi, > I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in the > spam folder of gmail. I have 2 nested folders (labels/tags/whatever) in Gmail: classiccmp/talk and classiccmp/tech. In my rule which filters messages

Emails going to spam folder in gmail

2020-12-28 Thread Bill Degnan via cctalk
Hi, I have noticed the same email addresses' messages routinely end up in the spam folder of gmail. It's no big deal for me to check my spam folder but it's an extra step and messages can be lost. For those of you who run your own mail servers please consider updating your DNS / authentication