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There's a problem that's just as bad, it's the reverse POV of this article.

Basically, you can't block the big providers - Gmail, Microsoft, AWS SES, Mailchimp, Mailgun and friends - because everyone and their dog is using them. But their reaction to abuse reports is spotty at best... you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The root cause obviously is spammers and scammers, but governments don't care about putting a final stop to bad actors.



>> you can't block the big providers - Gmail, Microsoft, AWS SES, Mailchimp, Mailgun

Why? Respectable businesses send from their own domains. Friends and family never send emails nowadays, there are messengers for that. Anything from google goes straight to Junk folder.


A lot of those businesses use their own domains still with Google (GSuite) and Microsoft (O365).


yes, but email comes from xcompanyx.com, not from google.com




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