Post #2959674

2026-05-22 10:32 UTC

So, I was just casually checking my Gmail spam box, and i found an email from Google. Of course you would just think that this is some scammer impersonating Google, but everything checks out. It is from the google.com domain, SPF, DKIM and DMARC all pass. The content of the email is telling me that &quot;because EU&quot; I get to configure whether or not particular Google services are linked. I wonder how that made it to the spam folder. #google #gmail #eu #regulation #antitrust

Replies (5)

@petko@social.petko.me 2026-05-22 12:08

@NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place wow, their spam filters really are objective and on point...

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@Forbo@mastodon.social 2026-05-22 12:11

@NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place I hope they get sued for this shit. They did the same thing to me for a notification of a class action against them. Glad I moved the bulk majority on my email use to my own domain.

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@kkarhan@c.im 2026-05-22 12:29

@NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place they choose to put it there themselves...

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@NicolasRinaudo@functional.cafe 2026-05-22 13:12

@NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place I actually think that one is less evil than Google's usual stuff. At least in my case, all services were unlinked by default, which I'm going to assume is a legal requirement because there's no way my opsec is that good, so this email is in fact trying to get you to opt in to the evil stuff. They probably do not want it in the spam folder.

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@reedmideke@mastodon.social 2026-05-22 20:59

@NohatCoder@mastodon.gamedev.place FWIW, google sending their own mail to spam seems to be a longstanding pattern, whether it's something like this they'd prefer to bury or something they'd like to promote (https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/111904911939797446, https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/115045708585294303, https://mastodon.social/@reedmideke/115895503634245988)

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