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Pollard, re filters, see this comment below by ScarletRed

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“After contributing in 2016, I finally gave up and abandoned my email. I am getting hundreds a day. And texts? I have blocked hundreds of numbers (takes12 keystrokes each by the way) almost as an experiment. My number has been sold to every political scammer that exists. They rotate the same request through number after number. By doing that, they clearly recognize that I don’t want to be contacted. What the hell is the end game? Now I will change my number I have had since the advent of cell phones and never give another dime unless I can do so with no identifiers.
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They are doing the exact same thing with email, slightly changing the source email address so filtering and blocking doesn’t work effectively.

The most infuriating thing is that when I complained to WinRed and begged them to contact the campaigns using their platform to remove me from their lists, they said it not their responsibility.

I counter that WinReds Terms of Service should include mandatory account suspension for refusal to honor unsub requests, but then their millionaire CEO would make less $.

Also I wasted hours doing WHOIS look ups and going through headers to find the email hosts, only a few of whom even bothered to reply back.

I am still getting a dozen + a day from Trump and Walker; I don’t know if the rest stopped because of complaints, finally honoring unsubs, or because the campaigns are over.

But I will NEVER donate online again, only by money order with out my home return address. These email campaign fundraising managers are FILTH, and if they got run over by a car tomorrow, IMHO there would be no great loss.

ScarletRed mentions texts so obviously talking about a phone. They tend to be more widely shared, less secure. I bought a MAGA hat in 2016 from donaldjtrump.com/store/ and I did start getting a bunch of emails but eventually the unsubscribe link took care of it.

Best I can say is grab a free email address from somewhere like protonmail or mailfence and use it strictly for the purpose.(hindsight I know) I have two main email addresses. One is for important stuff like paying online bills, family and friends etc and the other I use for junky stuff. I check that occasionally and do a mass delete.