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Re:Gmail spam-filters PayPal security messages by nh2 on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @04:44PM (#19100360)
> every website asks you to check the spam folder if the verification mail

This is not a registration email that you expect to receive after clicking somewhere on a website.

This is the kind of email that says "something important happened to your account you may not be aware of, you should really know this; if it wasn't you, you are now in danger".

(Of course in this case it was me, but the whole purpose of this type of email is to alert you promptly in case it wasn't you.)

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Re:Gmail spam-filters PayPal security messages by ASalazarMX on Thursday February 07, 2019 @12:22PM (#19106654)
Does it make sense to send such vital notifications via a channel that can silently hide them? This is ideal for mobile push notifications, and if you want reliable notifications, you should install the PayPal app.
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