README.md

gmailctl-recruiter-filter

A gmailctl filter to auto-delete technical recruiter spam I've received over the years.

1. Despite the U.S. Goverment’s defintion of “spam” (e.g., CAN-SPAM Act (2003)), my definition of spam includes unsolicited email.

2. Most recruiting agencies employ a method for finding people that I refer to as a “cattle call”. They’re not reaching out to you; they simply found your email address associated with a keyword somewhere. And they probably confused “Java” with “JavaScript”. No thank you.

3. Just because someone sends you an email, it does not mean that you owe them your time or attention. You may choose to give it, but you don’t owe them anything. Save your brain-space for the things that matter, and turn down the noise in your inbox.

4. This definition is only a fragment of a valid gmailctl configuration. You will need to add it to your existing configurations by-hand, with automation, or whatever level of effort you feel like applying.

Contributing

1. PRs are welcome.

2. All variations of emails related specifically related to recruiting should be provided, if possible.

3. Don't over block. For example, do not block all of @amazon.com or @microsoft.com just to block a couple of recruiters. Use their direct email addresses instead.

4. Lint your Markdown changes with DavidAnson/markdownlint.

5. Follow the EditorConfig definition for formatting files.

6. If you use VS Code, install the recommended extensions to do the linting/formatting automatically.