Today I was browsing my spam folder and there I found an email from our local Deputy City Clerk. The topic of the mail was how to go about voting by mail. (I promise this is not a political post). I unflagged the "spam" status, perused the email... everything was legitimate. Emails, phone numbers, attachments (yes, I did check in VM), etc.<p>So, it has just occurred to me (I'm a little slow sometimes, getting old) that the sensitivity to one or a handful of "negative" reviews or judgements is enough to flag something potentially important as "spam". It only takes a few (how many, I don't know) "reports" for our automated systems to consider something it is not. (In fact, apparently, a single, probably false, comment suggesting improper jury sequestering could be enough to declare a mis-trial in a recent, high-visibility court case here in the US.)<p>I'm waiting on results of an important medical test. That's what first drove me to the spam folder in the first place (maybe somehow it was considered spam?).<p>So, this "hole" in authenticating messages may apply to much more than just vote-related emails. Be careful, and don't assume anything!