I honestly have to keep myself from marking them as spam, due to the sheer volume of mail I get from the obama campaign. - Erica Baker
You know, I agree with that, Erica. I like Obama, I really do, but his email campaign is maybe a little too slick for me. And a little too focused on getting my money. - Sia Stewart
But this guy was doing it specifically to train Gmail to put OTHER PEOPLE'S Obama mail into the spam folder. - Kevin Fox
Okay, sorry to hijack your thread here, Kevin, but... Erica... Amen. I stopped giving out anything other than a disposable (e.g., spamgourmet) e-mail address on any "causes" web site. MoveOn -- which I now think is a pretty despicable organization for many reasons -- was particularly evil in this, obnoxiously flooding my inbox. Why are political and other organizations so clueless? If you send me 5-10 pleas for money or action EVERY DAMN WEEK, I'm going not going to support you with anything. - Adam Lasnik
Obama my boy and everything like that, but I had to unsubscribe. I can follow him on FriendFeed or something. I told him calm that stuff down, but he just so passionate and all :) - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
Maybe you won't, Adam, but someone else will. It's for the exact same reason that credit card companies send bulk mail advertising cards, or why the people at malls ask you to take surveys even though you always refuse. There is someone who will buy into it, and if they have to send all of that in the most annoying way possible to reach that buyer, they will. - Michael Ryan
I don't get any of the emails you are talking about. Not a single one. :D - Josh Haley
The guy is an idiot, because for every person that tries to train gmail one way there are people like me that click not spam to train gmail the other way. - Vince
I agree with Vince. Trying to game the system doesn't work. Gmail most likely has a built-in mechanism to detect people like that. - Voyagerfan5761
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Gmail may not have such a system, or it may only kick in after trouble has already been caused. Anti-spam isn't _that_ smart! - Justin Mason
Yeah, in regard to the Obamail aspect of this thread, I have to vent that getting an Obamail yesterday that promised that, if I sign up, I can get notification of who he has chosen as his running mate FIRST, BEFORE ANYONE ELSE..... it made me wonder if he was a presidential candidate or an Apple product. - Mark Novak
