# I'm Blocking Gmail

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [August 21, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470 "2026-08-21T16:22:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470/21 "2026-08-25T04:10:52Z")

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Most people I know use gmail (invluding, it must be said, my two friends in Germany).

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470/22 "2026-08-25T13:53:23Z")

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Fwiw, i just looked up a bunch of my German contacts, and didn’t find any Gmail address. I did accidentally include Danish and Swedish friends in that search, who all had gmail addresses. 😆

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**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2026, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470/23 "2026-08-25T14:41:36Z")

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I don’t have many international contacts, and only one American, but I looked up his email address, and alas, it’s Gmail! 😆

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2026, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470/24 "2026-08-28T02:43:56Z")

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Six days in, I’ve got a winner. I’ve only had to affirmatively protect 3 gmail senders who weren’t sending book-and-author spam.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/c/c/cccaa81158be3cb3e2a800fb3931bd7df8b2176b.jpeg) ](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/3X/c/c/cccaa81158be3cb3e2a800fb3931bd7df8b2176b.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470/25 "2026-08-30T01:34:36Z")

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Ironically, I think that if you had a Gmail account for your author info, this stuff probably would have been blocked by Gmail’s spam filters before it got to your email client.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-blocking-gmail/1032470/26 "2026-08-30T04:20:52Z")

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Not all of it. I get some author-directed spam of this sort in gmail.

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