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Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

monarchjock — Thu, 21 May 2026 22:06:08 GMT

Or is it just me?

They're usually quite obvious just by looking at the title, but I usually go into webmail to look at the source just to make sure, and then move them to the spam folder.

Re: Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

licquorice — Fri, 22 May 2026 07:24:58 GMT

That's the nature of spam, it is a game of cat and mouse between the spammers and ISPs.

Re: Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

AlisonM — Fri, 22 May 2026 10:21:07 GMT

Yes. Since the recent changes made by BT, i.e. changing BT Virus Protect to Cyber Threat Protect and introducing mandatory 2FA without informing customers they were doing so, a large number of emails that would previously have gone straight to the spam folder are now getting through to my inbox. Fortunately my email client usually identifies them as spam.

Re: Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

pumagirl123 — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:09:20 GMT

Nope, it's not just you...I've received 16 messages sent to my main email account so far this week, the majority or which go straight to the spam folder, but a couple are getting through as normal emails. A quick hover over the senders address tells you if it's spam or not.

As already said this appears to have started since the new system has been in place...rather annoying, but just have to run with it, until hopefully they get fed up and stop!

Re: Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

licquorice — Fri, 22 May 2026 11:33:49 GMT

See message 2

Re: Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

monarchjock — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:07:16 GMT

Yeah but @licquorice when you spot it's spam from just the title , usually on Gmail, without opening it, you would think it would be a simple job for the spam algorithms.

Re: Has anyone noticed an increase in spam getting through to the Inbox?

licquorice — Fri, 22 May 2026 13:17:38 GMT

Unfortunately spam detection isn't as simple as folks think. If it was there wouldn't be any spam.