And yet google's spam filters still let through so much AI slop spam. Any email from a new sender should be suspect, and if it has an awkwardly phrased opt-out line ("if you'd rather not hear from me again, just shoot me a "leave out"") then it should presumptively be marked as spam.
I have the gmail app set to only notify me for "important messages," and it pretty reliably doesn't trigger a notification for this junk. I wish I could have it use that system (whatever it's using) to actually flag messages as spam/mass emails.
If it's a seemingly personal message from an unknown sender, send it to spam. If it looks like a mass email (that someone might have signed up for), then put it in the Commercial tab or whatever it's called, so I can set up a filter for it or unsubscribe.
I think letting your email app raise notifications is a mistake, and I can see how letting it do that would amplify the annoyance of any misclassified messages.
Until about 9 months ago it was not an issue. I'm glad the gmail app has the "important only" feature, but just wish it was given more power so that when I'm at my computer they are properly categorized there as well.
