Gmail – How to disable Gmail anti-spam completely

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I'm using a desktop client with my own configured spam filter, and I'm absolutely unhappy with Gmail server side anti-spam, as it makes too many false-positives. How can I disable it? I've tried setting up filter for all letters with an action set to "Never send it to Spam", but some letters still are sent to the Spam folder by Gmail. Any other ways?

Best Answer

The following steps will find e-mail that Gmail marks as spam and prevent it from going to the Spam "folder". This will then allow your your desktop client to download the e-mail and perform the spam filtering. This type of arrangement is often necessary if spammers send out e-mail using keywords that are legitimate for certain industries such as e-commerce, finance, pharmaceuticals, sex, or gambling.

Anyway, the Gmail steps are:

  • On the upper right, go to Gear icon > Settings

Settings

  • Go to Filters tab

Filters tab

  • Click Create a new filter at the bottom

create a new filter

  • In the Has the words field, enter is:spam
  • Click Create filter with this search

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  • Click OK

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  • Check on Never Send it to Spam
  • Click on Create Filter

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