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Notes on a quieter inbox
Practical guides to spam, unread piles and the mail your filters let through, from the person building QuietMail. Every guide starts with what you can do today for free.
· 7 min read
How to stop promotional emails in Gmail, and keep the ones you want
Unsubscribe the right way, let the Promotions tab and a few filters do the sorting, silence the notifications on your phone, and know what to do when new stores keep finding you. Free steps first, on a computer and in the Gmail app.
· 8 min read
Outlook spam filter not working? How to fix junk in Outlook and Hotmail
Why junk still reaches your Outlook.com, Hotmail or Outlook app inbox, the settings that quietly switch the filter off, the free fixes in the right order, and where an AI anti-spam fits when the junk is mail Microsoft considers legitimate.
· 8 min read
The best spam filter for Gmail in 2026, compared honestly
Gmail's own filter, QuietMail, SaneBox, Clean Email, Inbox Zero and SpamGenius side by side, on what each catches, how you steer it, what it does to your mail, what it costs, and what to check before you give any of them your inbox.
· 6 min read
Email prompt injection: how one email can hijack your AI assistant
An email you never open can carry hidden instructions for the AI assistant that reads your inbox. How email prompt injection works, the real cases so far, what you can do today, and how a mailbox-side guard can stop it before your assistant sees it.
· 8 min read
Gmail spam filter not working? Why junk still reaches your inbox
Gmail's spam filter is not broken. It was built for scams, not for the sales mail, newsletters and notifications that pile up unread. Here is how to tell which problem you have, the free fixes that work, and where an AI anti-spam fits.
· 6 min read
How to delete all unread emails in Gmail at once, even 100,000
Gmail only selects 50 messages at a time, but one link selects every unread email in your account. Here is how to delete, archive or mark them all as read safely, on a computer and on a phone, and how to keep the pile from coming back.
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