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  1. tj posted this

For ages I’ve thought that Gmail’s spam filter is the weakest link in the chain, but this may take the cake. I sent a “request authorization” to send email as this Gmail account from a different Gmail account. The authorization never came. I got distracted and went on to something else, and the remembered it and had it sent again. And it never came. Finally I looked in the spam folder, and sure enough, Gmail flagged as message from its own servers, sent as a manual request from another one of its users as spam. This is above and beyond amazing. Gmail doesn’t even trust themselves?

For ages I’ve thought that Gmail’s spam filter is the weakest link in the chain, but this may take the cake.

I sent a “request authorization” to send email as this Gmail account from a different Gmail account.

The authorization never came.

I got distracted and went on to something else, and the remembered it and had it sent again.

And it never came.

Finally I looked in the spam folder, and sure enough, Gmail flagged as message from its own servers, sent as a manual request from another one of its users as spam.

This is above and beyond amazing. Gmail doesn’t even trust themselves?