[1]: https://drewdevault.com/2021/02/25/Gmail-is-a-huge-source-of... , https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26265329
If any other source of spam was so resistant to receiving abuse reports, they would be blackholed by everyone.
Thanks, antitrust enforcement.
So sad, but so true!
But gmail will do everything to take over the Email using the "spammers" as an excuse.
DKIM: 'PASS' with domain gmail.com
Google domains doesnt make it quite as easy as other hosting providers, and to be honest if they were super serious about email abuse they should encourage every domain to use it.
The emails all pass SPF/DKIM/DMARC and filing abuse reports seems to get me taken off the list I complained about but I quickly get added to a different one.
I am this close to auto-blocking anything from these large providers and switching to allow-listing the legitimate domains that can send me e-mail.
Most mail protection models against spam don't work.
I have an idea of a method that could help reduce spam and undesirable mails. It would be free for non-spammers and spammers would pay.
The problem is that I'm not sure if people would be ready to adopt it. There is also many different ways to execute, and I'm not sure which one to pick.
I'm not able to share the research data, but Gmail filter is a lot better than everything else you see on the market, especially when it's not a newsletter-like advertisement spam, but an actual phishing attack on Org.
Some people say Outlook has better filtering func, but usually tests are not representative and Outlook simply has stricter rule for unwarmed-ip. Which is not that great of a feature in real world scenario.
I guess you would still want that 2nd level of protection for your ORG with sensitive data even if some "please buy X" - spam emails are still getting in.
Ofc Google is also not ideal :)
Once you’ve warmed up/activated the personal mail filter in Fastmail, it seems to work better than anyone else’s.
(There's a "Filter messages like these" option somewhere)
I admit that it's a fringe case, but it could be a thing.
1. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z7bBo_rMQB0nJYUs8wl4pZeZVUv...
My email(s) on my own domains has been on the Internet for more than two decades and I'm always happy to look at ways to prevent spam on them.
Did you think about adding your list to well known blocklists? You can add it to e.g. OISD
I maintain a 100% free API [1] to check if an email belongs to a disposable email service. We dogfood the same API endpoint to prevent users who abuse disposable emails to create fake accounts for free trial credits.
We use the domains found at https://www.stopforumspam.com/downloads amongst other sources of data. Works pretty well. We have close to eliminated fake account registration with the use of Recaptcha.
[1]: https://nubela.co/proxycurl/disposable-email-checker-api
I usually use disposable emails to test services but don't want to be spammed. Often, I later upgrade to a paid plan if I like the service. If they block disposable email addresses, I will not even try them at all.
A side effect is that a small number of people who use disposable email addresses to manage the spam they receive will also be blocked (see other comments). A business looking at this issue may find it hard to prioritize, the group is small, and they can choose to use a non-disposable address if they want to continue.
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
