Future of Mailbox Filtering

The "AI-powered harbor." The future is personalization. This section explores the "endgame" where filters are so "smart" that they don't block mail, they just sort it perfectly based on what they know you want to read.

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What trends are shaping the next generation of inbox filters? How will AI personalization evolve in filtering? How will global privacy regulations shape filtering behavior? What happens as ISPs unify spam data under shared standards? How will BIMI, ARC, and MTA-STS affect future trust scoring? Will engagement weighting increase over time? Could mailbox providers use “sender categories” (reputation tiers)? How will zero-party data influence trust scoring? Will filters eventually personalize per-user entirely? How will inbox placement evolve in a privacy-first world? What’s the long-term impact of Gmail/Yahoo standardization?

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