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Re: Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?

Assa Fetyia — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:11:08 -0000

Thanks Adam. Seems to be working.

Re: Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?

Adam Pieniazek — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:24:19 -0000

Assa, you should add "googlealerts-noreply@google.com" to your contacts list. Gmail is supposed to let senders in your contact list through to your inbox.

Also keep checking the spam folder in your Gmail and mark the alerts as not spam. Adding Google alerts to your contacts should prevent this false positive from reoccurring but just to be safe I'd recommend to continue to watch your spam folder.

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Assa Fetyia — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:35:50 -0000

Me too, but I need the alerts. What can be done about it?

Re: Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?

Adam Pieniazek — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:34:26 -0000

Haha blargumentor. It does feel good to know that even Google has its' flaws.

I'm using Safari for a couple of reasons, but mostly because it's quicker to load and use and crashes much less frequently. Also, when it does crash (which is inevitable since I load up too many tabs no matter what browser I use) there is a very, very handy "Reopen all windows from last session" option under the History menu that does what it says.

I found that even with tab mix plus and Firefox's built-in window recovery many times Firefox would reload after a crash without all my previous windows, which for my browsing tendencies is a big loss.

I haven't given Firefox 3 beta a try yet, but hear it is improved in terms of performance but does it have improved window recovery features? The first thing I did when I got my Macbook Pro a year ago was to install Firefox but I'm finding I like Safari. Still, I could be swayed back to the fox IF it's recovery process at least matches Safari's excellent feature.

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blargumentor — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:42:45 -0000

I thought I'd never get to say this, but.. stupid google. PS, how come you're using safari? Firefox beta is sweet..

Re: Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?

Adam Pieniazek — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:05:16 -0000

Hmm...good idea virtual. Sorry it didn't work for you, hotmail seems to be smarter than I remember it!

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virtual millenium — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:13:59 -0000

That's a good one :D

I try to do the same in hotmail, marking their ads and anouncements emails as spam but I still get them in the mail box :(

Re: Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?

Adam Pieniazek — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:08:06 -0000

It's quite strange. I'm just glad I have proof of it Marcus!

Re: Gmail Thinks Google Alerts is Spam?!?

Marcus Hochstadt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:58:37 -0000

Hehehe, yeah I was surprised myself the other day when I found a Google Alert in their own Spam folder... :-D

Indeed worth a screen shot.

~Marcus