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ManiacJoe

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3. Unfortunately, most email filters are crafted wrongly for political reasons.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Wed Oct 20, 2021, 06:49 PM

Oct 2021

The filters usually (and wrongly) look at the email contents.
The easy and accurate filtering is done by looking at the email construction (base64 text) and email source (IP addresses), but this is not politically correct.

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How Gmail phishing emails bypass the filters and how to spot them [View all] douglas9 Oct 2021 OP

I just got a spam email from G mail yesterday and reported this to the company they imposed FloridaBlues Oct 2021 #1

i never understood why there wasnt a reporting system. mopinko Oct 2021 #2

Unfortunately, most email filters are crafted wrongly for political reasons. ManiacJoe Oct 2021 #3

Have you tried a different provider? joetheo Oct 2021 #4