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To: fwdude

“Unsubscribe” is a two-edged sword. While it will stop spam from that particularly, annoying, email addy, the bot will still mark your email addy as being a valid email addy to be used or sold for future spammers.

I rarely ‘unsubscribe.’ I have my email program mark the sender’s email address as spam. After a while and when I think about it I simply delete the contents of the spam folder.


13 posted on 03/14/2024 7:48:47 AM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Dogs Welcome with Open Arms. Humans barely tolerated!)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
After a while and when I think about it I simply delete the contents of the spam folder.

I've thought about that as well, except that sometimes expected or desired emails end up in that spam folder by a fluke, more often than I'd like. Then it just becomes the same problem as my main inbox: I have to sort through the junk anyway.

Ideally, 'unsubscribe' should stop the inflow from the outset. But I know we don't live in an ideal world.

15 posted on 03/14/2024 7:52:17 AM PDT by fwdude (.When unarmed Americans are locked up for protesting a stolen election, you know it was stolen.)
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