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Happy 20th birthday Gmail, you're mostly grown up – now fix the spam

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2024-04-02

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Brandon Vigliarolo

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Google marked Gmail’s 20th anniversary by enforcing stricter bulk sender requirements to curb spam, including mandatory SPF or DKIM authentication and alignment, one-click unsubscribe, complaint-rate thresholds (~0.3%), proper headers, valid DNS, RFC 5322-compliant formatting, and TLS. Noncompliant senders will receive temporary error codes to aid remediation, with gradual enforcement beginning now; the policies apply to personal Gmail accounts, not Google Workspace.

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