Unsubscribing From Junk Email

JustDave

JustDave

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It is less common now, but often when I unsubscribe, they want my email address, when they obviously must have it already. I used to give them a phony email address, but I don't know if it worked, because I continue to get junk mail by the ton, and I can't remember who I unsubscribed from. Just revisiting a site seems to deactivate unsubscribe too.

I'm wondering why some sites want my email to unsubscribe. Is this an attempt to gain personal information that they may not already have collected? It seems totally unnecessary. Maybe they just want to make unsubscribing a bit more time consuming enough to stop me.
 

I agree with JustDave, if you get one of those "unsubscribe" emails that want your email address; you're thinking scam/virus. I just got caught with one, supposedly from my internet provider that screwed up my email.
 
That Lady in PA said:
So that they know it is you who wants to unsubscribe. Otherwise you can enter anyone’s email address.
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Since the majority can remove you from their mailings without you having to give them the information, I assume none of them need your email address. But with or without your information, I know that some aren't going to stop flooding you with junk mail anyway. I've run into that enough to know there are bad players out there, which makes it hard to trust any players out there.
 
Well of course you're still getting junk emails....you didn't give your proper email address to unsubscribe. Maybe the unsubscribe departments are separate from the ones sending you the junk mail. (?) :unsure: Since they already have your email in the first place, whatever they were (are) going to do with it has already been done.
 
I have a Microsoft Outlook (old name, Hotmail) account and they have a system where any addresses not approved by you gets sent to a junk mail folder where you can review it for any mail that should have come to you in your inbox.

But what I've discovered is that they are getting money from these junk mail senders like something similar to ad revenue. That's why my account is "free". That's why it's near impossible to "unsubscribe" to the addresses.

I just delete all mail in the folder by clicking a button that says "Empty Folder" on a daily basis after a quick scanning of the list.
 
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Thanks.
OldFeller said:
I have a Microsoft Outlook (old name, Hotmail) account and they have a system where any addresses not approved by you gets sent to a junk mail folder where you can review it for any mail that should have come to you in your inbox.

But what I've discovered is that they are getting money from these junk mail senders like something similar to ad revenue. That's why my account is "free". That's why it's near impossible to "unsubscribe" to the addresses.

I just delete all mail in the folder by clicking a button that says "Empty Folder" on a daily basis after a quick scanning of the list.
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Empty Folder daily sounds like a good choice.
 
I learned Loong time ago- those little grocery store cards that is much comes from junk mail. Keep in mind we all are being, watched listened, and tracked. One you can set up email strickly for junk mail - ever noice how some will ask you to unsubscribe and your like I did not do that- exactly you didn't. Mark as spam and delete. I use to love World Market store until they were sending me so many emails I denounced them altogether. Also when you go to a place and want your email..nope you don't need - they are made to ask . Also people if your on social media it is the worst,even if you hit Like on say family member. I have almost nothing in junk email ;)
 
JustDave said:
It is less common now, but often when I unsubscribe, they want my email address, when they obviously must have it already. I used to give them a phony email address, but I don't know if it worked, because I continue to get junk mail by the ton, and I can't remember who I unsubscribed from. Just revisiting a site seems to deactivate unsubscribe too.

I'm wondering why some sites want my email to unsubscribe. Is this an attempt to gain personal information that they may not already have collected? It seems totally unnecessary. Maybe they just want to make unsubscribing a bit more time consuming enough to stop me.
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Most email services have a feature that lets you block any sender. You don't even have to open the email, just click on the box to the left of it, then look at your toolbar, where you have icons for trash, spam, mark as unread, etc. On the right end of it you should see either the word "more" or three dots...if you click on that, you should see the word "block".

A lot of emails also let you list senders you want to block. You fill that one in manually.
 
Murrmurr said:
Most email services have a feature that lets you block any sender. You don't even have to open the email, just click on the box to the left of it, then look at your toolbar, where you have icons for trash, spam, mark as unread, etc. On the right end of it you should see either the word "more" or three dots...if you click on that, you should see the word "block".

A lot of emails also let you list senders you want to block. You fill that one in manually.
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For every email that you block or unsubscribe there are many more show up until you realize that you're unpaying, full time job is monitoring junk mail that provides money to the email service so that you can enjoy free email. I also put up with ads on my free TV.

It's the way of the world. They used to say there's no use fighting city hall.
 
OldFeller said:
For every email that you block or unsubscribe there are many more show up until you realize that you're unpaying, full time job is monitoring junk mail that provides money to the email service so that you can enjoy free email. I also put up with ads on my free TV.

It's the way of the world. They used to say there's no use fighting city hall.
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I only get 1 or 2 a week. Takes like half a minute to block an email, and my days aren't jam-packed with stuff to-do, so...
 
Murrmurr said:
Most email services have a feature that lets you block any sender. You don't even have to open the email, just click on the box to the left of it, then look at your toolbar, where you have icons for trash, spam, mark as unread, etc. On the right end of it you should see either the word "more" or three dots...if you click on that, you should see the word "block".

A lot of emails also let you list senders you want to block. You fill that one in manually.
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I'm running FireFox on Linux, and I have those features. I'm just starting to "mark as spam." Do you think that's better than unsubscribing?
 
I have said it before, just block the sender and block the domain,
after the spam was getting, over the top, I always block unwanted
mail, it took a few months before, the spam disappeared, I still get
some, to my old address, which comes to the real one, somebody
must have sold it, unfortunately I don't know how many friends are
still using the old one.

Mike.
P.S. Never unsubscribe, if you do the sender knows that
your address is live and will pass/sell it on, when they get
mail bouncing, they know that the address is no good.
 
Mike said:
P.S. Never unsubscribe, if you do the sender knows that
your address is live and will pass/sell it on, when they get
mail bouncing, they know that the address is no good.
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I was warned about that very thing years ago, and every time I unsubscribe, I wonder if I'm helping or hurting myself.
 
Murrmurr said:
Mark as spam is better than unsubscribe, block sender beats both.
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I'm having some luck with that advice. I tried a combination of unsubscribing, blocking, and spam identification. For a few weeks my junk mail was down from two pages a day to just a single junk mail. Then my junk mail started creeping up again, but at least there was a period of remission. Soon I'll go through another junk mail cleaning frenzy.

Some of that junk mail comes from favored business that I use often, but I still delete their junk mail. I know who I do business with, and I know when I need them. I think they want me to believe their junk mail is a special service.
 

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