Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choice, not a practical one

Re:Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choic... by tjoff on Friday December 24, 2021 @10:48AM (#29674535)

Well, on the flip side unless you constantly check your spam folder (which pretty much completely defeats the purpose of a spam filter) you most definitely have lost important mails thanks to gmail.

I just don't see what people see in gmail part from the google brand - which surely isn't a good thing anymore.

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Re:Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choic... by coffeecat on Friday December 24, 2021 @01:37PM (#29676352)

I'm not here to be a Google apologist, but in the 10 or more years that I've used gmail, I don't think I've ever had an important email go to spam.

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Re:Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choic... by bbarnett on Friday December 24, 2021 @02:31PM (#29676939)

Incredible.

Most people I know? It is almost a daily occurrence. Including if senders are in address books, and "not spam" is clicked when found in the spam folder.

Most people I know see legit emails in the spam folder, all the time.

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Re:Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choic... by avsteele on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:04PM (#29678209)

Google workspace sends yes/no meeting confirmations that you make in workspace, to people within your own organization, to spam unless you specifically make a rule to allow them.

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Re:Running your own email is increasingly an artisanal choic... by lytefm on Friday December 24, 2021 @05:55PM (#29678581)

For me, this was the main reason to move away from MSFT/GMail to Mailbox.org where I could set the Spam filter to as low as they'd allow.

So far I've been lucky to rarely receive actual spam, but I've often missed out on important emails too often.

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