FYI - forum emails getting binned to spam

You guys aren't going to be able to do anything about this, but I thought it worth flagging. I have email subscriptions for all threads I post in, and lately Google has been binning some of them to my spam folder. The only pattern I can see is where the posts in the email contain a hotlinked image.

Like I said, I doubt there's much you can do, so this is more of an FYI I guess. I rely on email notifications pretty heavily, especially for PMs.

EDIT: Damnit, couldn't get all of the menu in the tags... Forum software clearly doesn't like tags like "Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam Spam baked beans Spam Spam Spam and Spam" or "Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce garnished with truffle pâté brandy and a fried egg on top and Spam".

 

Let me see if I can remember/find any that I had to manually flag as "not spam".

 

Feel free to send me the email address though

 

I had two or three into spam this last few weeks also. They were new reply to watched thread emails. Can't remember which as I clear spam out meticulously.

 

I've had recent PM notifications end up in the spam bin to, especially the past couple of days - it's quite annoying @MLyons

Have you been mistreating the hamsters once again...???

 

Are you guys both with GMail too?

 

Yup, guilty as charged.

 

Definitely a change by Google. It's a real PITA, their spam filters are overly-aggressive, I miss loads because it ends up in spam.

Pretty sure I sent one over a while back. I can keep sending 'em if you like?

 

It's probably good to use the not spam button rather than just deleting it. Knowing Google it's all about machine learning these days. Enough "not spam" click and it might get the message.

 

If it is using machine learning on their spam algorithms then that machine needs to be put in the remedial class, because it's clearly having some difficulty. I've been using that button for years and emails from certain recipients still get flagged as spam.