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Understanding Gmail's spam handling and answering some FAQs

Not much is known about how Gmail handles spam. So it is no wonder that we receive a regular stream of posts in the Gmail Help Community asking about various aspects of Spam. A few common questions would be: Why is only Gmail flagging messages from me as Spam? My domain was used to send out spam in the past but we have removed that address and changed other details. We are no longer being listed under any blacklists. So, why are emails from our domain still being marked as spam? Please whitelist our domain. Spam filter sending messages to other category tabs instead of Primary. My messages to Gmail are not being delivered. Gmail has suddenly started marking emails from my domain as spam.  I shall include answers to the questions above after discussing how Gmail handles spam and how to best approach resolving these issues. This blog is divided into three sections: Understanding Gmail's Spam Handling How to approach resolving your issue Answers to the FAQs Unders...