Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)

From	Chris Green <cl@isbd.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)
Date	2026-04-29 08:30 +0200
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> Andy Smith [2026-04-28 19:40:40] wrote:
> > A Google employee on the "mailop" mailing list once said that there is
> > absolutely no intentional way for gmail to silently discard an email,
> > unless a user with a Workspaces account has added filtering rules to do
> > that.
> >
> > On the other hand, as someone whose business sends out invoices by
> > email, I have had recipients at gmail.com swear that they only paid late
> > because "we never received the email", despite me showing Exim logs
> > where gmail accepted it.
> >
> > So I honestly do not know who to believe on that particular point.
> 
> I think the answer lies in the definition of "discard" and at which
> stage this can happen.  Like all MTAs, Gmail routinely silently drops
> email on the floor on the basis that it's presumed to be "spam".
> So Google's employee must have been referring to something else, like
> "discarding after spam filtering" or something like that.
> 
Is that really true?  My domains and mail are hosted on a small[ish]
ISP in the UK.  As far as I'm aware absoltely **all** E-Mail that
arrives there and is addressed to me will get sent to me, unless **I**
decide to drop some by setting some filtering criteria.

-- 
Chris Green
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  Re: Moribund mailing list Norwid Behrnd <nbehrnd@yahoo.com> - 2026-04-28 17:30 +0200
    Re: Moribund mailing list "Jeremy Nicoll" <jn.ml.dbi.73@letterboxes.org> - 2026-04-28 19:20 +0200
      Re: Moribund mailing list David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2026-04-28 20:20 +0200
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          Re: Moribund mailing list David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2026-04-29 01:00 +0200
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  Re: Moribund mailing list Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2026-04-28 17:50 +0200
    Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2026-04-28 18:30 +0200
      Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2026-04-28 19:30 +0200
        Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2026-04-28 21:50 +0200
      Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2026-04-28 20:10 +0200
        Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Jan Claeys <lists@janc.be> - 2026-04-28 21:20 +0200
          Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) nwe <nwe@gitcoding.net> - 2026-04-28 21:50 +0200
          Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2026-04-28 21:50 +0200
            Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2026-04-28 23:00 +0200
              Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2026-04-28 23:20 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2026-04-28 23:30 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) nwe <nwe@gitcoding.net> - 2026-04-29 00:00 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2026-04-29 11:10 +0200
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                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply)  (was: Re: Moribund mailing list) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2026-04-29 19:00 +0200
            Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-04-28 23:20 +0200
              Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2026-04-29 08:30 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2026-04-29 09:00 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2026-04-30 17:50 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2026-04-30 19:10 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-04-30 20:00 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2026-04-30 20:40 +0200
                Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2026-04-30 21:20 +0200
              Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) CGS <etphonehomefrance@gmail.com> - 2026-04-30 16:50 +0200
            Google employee expertise (was: Re: Didn't receive the original post (to which this was a reply) (was: Re: Moribund mailing list)) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2026-04-30 16:00 +0200
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