On 2026-02-13 08:02, Martin Hicks via sigs-l3go wrote: > On February 13, 2026 6:59:31 AM GMT+08:00, Benjamin LaHaise via sigs-l3go <sigs-l3go [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > >On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 05:54:34PM -0500, Matthew Charette via sigs-l3go wrote: > >... > >> <broader list issues chat> > >> It seems l3go gets continually flagged by Gmail as spam. I go in about once > >> every 2 months to clear the flag, "not spam tyvm :)", but I keep needing to > >> dig for the emails. I stopped running my own mail server awhile ago because > >> it would appear the infrastructure for email is so heavily dependent on > >> third parties and certs now that I just went, "bah, whatever". I'd guess > >> Alex could brain dump on this and give all of us a proper education...... > >> (literally asking, poke poke.... :)) > >... > > > >gmail is actively hostile towards mailing lists. Don't expect any mailing > >lists to work with it. I had to unsubscribe all the @gmail.com > >subscribers from linux-mm as the number of false positives and otherwise > >random bounces made it completely unreliable. It's sad that email servers > >with a good reputation on the same IP for more than 17 years is not enough > >to get past spam filteres these days. > > I see the same thing. I hosted the vorlage ski patrol list since I was a patroller in 2002 and they moved to a MS teams list this winter after seeing a spike in messages marked as spam. The 800 pound gorilla isn't so benign. I've been having similar problems running mailing lists for re-cycles.ca and those have been moved over to gaggle. > mh slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ -- Manage your subscription: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org/sigs-l3go/listinfo.html