On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 3:26 PM Kevin Spiteri <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Have you tried the "Never send it to spam" gmail filter action? >> >> I didn't know there was one? Hmmm... didn't find it when I was fishing Nick >> Kralevich's message out of the spam filter. (Somewhere under gear->configure >> account maybe? I've always been reluctant to touch that stuff, _way_ too >> complicated. I just want the spam filtering then pop3 into a local email >> client.) > > You can set the filter through the complicated settings page but there's an > easier path. On the gmail.com front page search box click the arrow, in the > "Has the words" text box type "list:(toybox-landley.net)", click "Create > filter", check "Never send it to Spam", and click "Create filter".
I've done it and it works, but it's a PITA. The original problem source was AOL and Yahoo. Both had been thoroughly hacked, and there were oodles of AOL and Yahoo email addresses in the wild. It's trivial to forge a From: address in email, so both became immense sources of spam. Their response was to implement provisions of the DKIP specifications. One requires email to be digitally signed to prove it's from who it says it's from. Another requires that email not be *changed* en route. This *breaks* mailing lists, because the list server must alter the headers as part of what it does. People complained to AOL and Yahoo, and the response was basically "Don't *use* mailing lists. Use web forums like we provide!" How badly this bites depends on the email server that delivers your mail. Some will see that the headers on list mail have been altered, decide it's spam, and discard it undelivered. You'll never know it was sent. Others (like Gmail) will accept and deliver but label it as spam. I've had conversations on other lists where I explained the issue and said "If you use an AOL or Yahoo address to send mail to the list, you have three choices: continue using it but be aware that other list members might not *see* your posts, use another email provider, or drop off the list." You can mark an email source as "Never send to Spam", but the last time I tried it, every message from that source had a banner included that said it had been passed by a filter I created. This was annoying enough that I found it simpler to just redirect stuff to the Inbox that had been flagged as spam. I prefer to read Gmail online in my browser, and don't require a local copy, so I don't download to a local mailstore. Rob does, so his experience may differ if he tries this. ______ Dennis _______________________________________________ Toybox mailing list [email protected] http://lists.landley.net/listinfo.cgi/toybox-landley.net
