Mailing lists are resistant to censorship

Re:Mailing lists are resistant to censorship by protomyth on Thursday October 29, 2020 @03:14PM (#24934394)

Well, until Google decides your e-mail is spam or harmful.

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Re:Mailing lists are resistant to censorship by option on Thursday October 29, 2020 @05:17PM (#24936021)

once Gmail moved to spam our official job offer letter to intern. They missed offer acceptance deadline because of that. We extended the deadline but then COVID hit

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Re:Mailing lists are resistant to censorship by zeusflight on Thursday October 29, 2020 @08:07PM (#24937639)

Some universities recommend avoiding gmail accounts for application process precisely for this reason (I can't find the reference). My personal experience is that open source spam filters (spamassasin/rspamd) are far better at classifying spam than gmail's filter.

However, there is another reason why no one should use gmail for anything serious. There is always a risk that you may get shut out of your account without recourse, taking down access to other services along with it.

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Re:Mailing lists are resistant to censorship by gpanders on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:14PM (#24937225)

This actually happened to me when I was an intern (many years ago). My official job offer went to spam and I didn't see it until weeks later. Fortunately I happened to check the spam folder and saw it. I now make it a habit to regularly check the spam folder in Gmail and I often find non-junk mail in there.

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