The Verge

Google built a spam backdoor for Republicans — and they aren’t using it

Republicans are fed up with their fundraising emails being flagged as spam — but not enough to join Google’s solution to fix the problem Republicans are fed up with their fundraising emails being ...
Nextgov

FEC Approves Google’s Plan to Exempt Campaign Emails From Spam Filters

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Federal Election Commission voted 4-1 on Thursday to allow Google to proceed with a pilot program that would keep emails from ...
CNET

Google's Plan to Nix Spam Filters on Political Emails Approved

The Federal Election Commission greenlighted Google's controversial pilot program, which could mean a flood of spam in your inbox this election cycle. Marguerite Reardon started as a CNET News ...
Ars Technica

US approves Google plan to let political emails bypass Gmail spam filter

The US Federal Election Commission approved a Google plan on Thursday to let campaign emails bypass Gmail spam filters. The FEC’s advisory opinion adopted in a 4-1 vote said Gmail’s pilot program is ...
Business Insider

Sick of political email spam? Gmail is offering a more prominent unsubscribe button to address all of our overburdened inboxes

Gmail users are getting new tools to opt out of a political email test program. Developers whipped up a "more prominent unsubscribe button" to offset spam filter changes. MAGA stoked the reevaluation ...
SlashGear

Google Will No Longer Protect Political Emails From Gmail Spam Filters

Google has just decided to end a pilot program that perhaps may have given political campaigns an edge — as long as they signed up to be part of it. The pilot, which started in 2022, was Google's ...
Ars Technica

What's the best spam filtering program for idiots?

I get tons of people asking me this. The best program for me to reccomend to the average user is NOT the same program that us geeks would use. Personally, I use popfile, but that is way too ...
New York Sun

Public Pans Google Proposal To Allow Political Emails To Skirt Spam Filters

Google has asked the Federal Election Commission for its blessing on a plan to exempt political campaign emails from Gmail’s spam filters, and — based on public comments on the plan — many of its ...
CNET

E-mail filters not fooled by signed spam

Bulk e-mailers are digitally signing unsolicited messages in hopes of bypassing popular filtering programs, but updated software has been modified to detect the trick, experts said this week. The ...
USA Today

Don't miss that email. Here's how to get messages past spam filters.

QUESTION: Why can’t I get an important email message containing a link that I need but other messages from the same company come through just fine? ANSWER: Few things in the tech world are as ...
Yahoo

Inbox beware: Federal watchdog approves Google program to let campaigns skip spam filters

Political fundraising emails are notoriously a mix of over-exaggerations, routine misrepresentations and ALL CAP PLEAS. Relief is not on the way. The Federal Election Commission, the nation’s chief ...