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Gmail was filtering spam before it was cool. They change their filter now and again and like changing a pool filter it takes a while for the clarity to happen but overall they do it right. Recently I've been getting a lot of spam in my Gmail account. It is obvious Google changed something. It is easy enough to see what is spam and they have a simple mechanism to report it and block the address. Of course, blocking specific addresses when there are infinate addresses that can be created by bots is pointless but still I do it.
As of today Gmail made another change. Now I've got this headder on top of nearly every email. No idea what is happening. This is a new system for Gmail.
It appears that they are not going to scan at all but that makes little sense. Maybe it will change again tomorrow. Any place that has a Q/A about this going back for a decade says that the user must have had some other service with a problem, that it is not Gmail, basically saying that Gmail does not change. Which it clearly does. So not much help.
On the one hand I would have loved to have AI when I ran my IT business. Would have saved us hours and hours of searching for answers and many bucks paying for support services. On the other hand I see lots of problems with people using AI tools to penetrate everything.
Meanwhile, I'm now below 190 pounds for the first time. I started at 230 many moons ago and have been stuck at 190 since returning from Seattle. But now am in the 180s. I made a video of myself playing pickleball a couple of days ago. It was to see if I could improve my play. I saw the two major factors. I'm very stiff when I need to be fluid and I'm still very overweight, something I don't see much myself but is obvious on video. So getting below 190 is encouraging. I celebrated with a cinnamon roll.
We are going out with friends for dinner tonight if it doesn't get too icy. This is the second Saturday night we've gone out. That is two more consecutive Saturday nights out than in 20 years. Between that and pickleball I'm socially saturated.
Just read an article about Coco Gauff who says she banned her father from court side since he can not control his reactions to the match. Reminds me of when my mother was playing for Winston-Salem doubles tennis championship. My father had to switch from his Zippo lighter to matches to reduce the noise from his chain smoking in the stands.
As of today Gmail made another change. Now I've got this headder on top of nearly every email. No idea what is happening. This is a new system for Gmail.
Be careful with this message.
Gmail hasn't scanned this message for spam, unverified senders, or harmful software.
It appears that they are not going to scan at all but that makes little sense. Maybe it will change again tomorrow. Any place that has a Q/A about this going back for a decade says that the user must have had some other service with a problem, that it is not Gmail, basically saying that Gmail does not change. Which it clearly does. So not much help.
On the one hand I would have loved to have AI when I ran my IT business. Would have saved us hours and hours of searching for answers and many bucks paying for support services. On the other hand I see lots of problems with people using AI tools to penetrate everything.
Meanwhile, I'm now below 190 pounds for the first time. I started at 230 many moons ago and have been stuck at 190 since returning from Seattle. But now am in the 180s. I made a video of myself playing pickleball a couple of days ago. It was to see if I could improve my play. I saw the two major factors. I'm very stiff when I need to be fluid and I'm still very overweight, something I don't see much myself but is obvious on video. So getting below 190 is encouraging. I celebrated with a cinnamon roll.
We are going out with friends for dinner tonight if it doesn't get too icy. This is the second Saturday night we've gone out. That is two more consecutive Saturday nights out than in 20 years. Between that and pickleball I'm socially saturated.
Just read an article about Coco Gauff who says she banned her father from court side since he can not control his reactions to the match. Reminds me of when my mother was playing for Winston-Salem doubles tennis championship. My father had to switch from his Zippo lighter to matches to reduce the noise from his chain smoking in the stands.
