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by fmajid 1555 days ago
It takes way too many clicks to report spam in GMail. Considering this is such a frequent operation, it should have a one-button "ban" function, possibly with an "Oops" undo if you pressed it by mistake. I have received quite a bit of Cloudflare spam on my (GMail) work address and immediately added it to my ban list. I also have a long memory and am highly unlikely to use services from companies that rely on spam for marketing.

For my personal email I run my own mail server, create a unique address for each vendor and ban the address if it is abused.
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qwnp 1555 days ago
> I run my own mail server, create a unique address for each vendor and ban the address if it is abused

I do the same and it's immensely useful!

I find it's also a great indicator of how well that vendor protects my info... if there's a sudden surge of spam to an address only that vendor knows, there's a chance they leaked/sold my info and I know it's time to change passwords and/or reassess my relationship with the vendor.

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fmajid 1554 days ago
Yes. I knew all I needed to know about Dell's infosec when I started receiving pornographic spam addressed to dell@majid.fm (my old vanity domain, no longer in use).
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ilikepi 1555 days ago
> It takes way too many clicks to report spam in GMail. Considering this is such a frequent operation, it should have a one-button "ban" function, possibly with an "Oops" undo if you pressed it by mistake.

If keyboard shortcuts are enabled, '!' is mapped to "Report as spam". I don't recall whether the status popover that appears at the bottom of the UI has an "Undo" link, though...

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fmajid 1554 days ago
I should have been more precise. I meant the process of banning an email address so it can never again spam me. Doesn't work for the worst offenders who forge random source addresses, but usually does for slimy marketing departments.

You have to:

1. click on the email from the inbox

2. click on the three-dot hamburger menu on the far right of the sender line

3. click on the 'Block "Evil Sender"' entry in the popup menu

4. confirm that you do in fact want to stop receiving spam from the spammer by clicking the "Block" button

5. Click the "Move to spam" button in the dialog box that appears

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