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Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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huhtenberg wrote: post #45
arkitaip wrote: post #13

I've gotten into the habit of spam labeling these emails, hoping they contribute to the great spam filter in the sky. This works much better than unsubscribing because most of these emails aren't even intended for me but the jerks who keep using my email address to sign up for services and aren't required to verify the email address they provided. One thing I've realized having moved away from Gmail to fastmail, is t…

Not sure I follow. Are you saying that a substantial number of people is routinely using your _fastmail_ address with services that send _marketing_ emails to _unverified_ email addresses? I find this highly implausible. Edit - Why the downvotes? If I read the OP correctly, they have such a common address that random people mindlessly type it into various subscription nags. Can you think of a such @fastmail address?…

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Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by gus_massa »

jen729w wrote: post #12
camhart wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or just click the unsubscribe button myself? Is forwarding the email really any easier than unsubscribing yourself?

A fine option, which I also endorse. In all seriousness, here’s what I do to combat Insidious Mailing List Spam. It’s kinda simple. 1. Get one email address for friends and family. Never ever post it online. Never use it for any shopping or anything. This is your email address . There is no mailbox anxiety because you get one email a day to this address and it’s from your dad and you love him. 2. Get another one for…

> Get one email address for friends and family. Never ever post it online.

It works until someone sends an email with cat photos to your secret address and all their contact list, and forget to use bcc.

Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by theelous3 »

Haha! That's so expensive. 10 quid a month for the sometimes minor convenience of not hitting the block button when an email has no unsubscribe at the bottom. Is this really the same value as comparably priced subscription services? How did they come up with this pricing model?

Absolutely outrageous.

Oh, but it's only the price of three latés /s

Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by theelous3 »

rkagerer wrote: post #48
MattGaiser wrote: post #5

What kind of person needs 60 unsubscribes per month? That seems like an insane number of newsletters/marketing lists to be subscribed to. Even if they did need it, they wouldn't need it for more than 2-3 months.

I've used the same email address since the 90's and could surely surpass that if I turned off my spam filter.

Which you would never do.

You are basically the perfect target market and have no use for it at 10$/mo.

Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by JimDabell »

kristaps wrote: post #21
arkitaip wrote: post #13

I've gotten into the habit of spam labeling these emails, hoping they contribute to the great spam filter in the sky. This works much better than unsubscribing because most of these emails aren't even intended for me but the jerks who keep using my email address to sign up for services and aren't required to verify the email address they provided. One thing I've realized having moved away from Gmail to fastmail, is t…

I first try to find an unsubscribe link, but if there is none or it's broken, then into the spam filter the message goes.

If you didn’t subscribe, don’t unsubscribe. Set up a filter that auto-reports as spam. That way you don’t have to see it ever again, but you still give spam filters a fighting chance at stopping other people from seeing it too. The more you hurt their deliverability, the less effective spamming will become.

Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by corobo »

threatofrain wrote: post #50
arkitaip wrote: post #13

I've gotten into the habit of spam labeling these emails, hoping they contribute to the great spam filter in the sky. This works much better than unsubscribing because most of these emails aren't even intended for me but the jerks who keep using my email address to sign up for services and aren't required to verify the email address they provided. One thing I've realized having moved away from Gmail to fastmail, is t…

Also a longtime Fastmail user, and I do tend to notice Way More spam and more serious phishing emails.

There are benefits to centralisation, one of which is Google's access to all Gmail spam reports

I still prefer to keep my stuff away from Google's grubby hands though. Fastmail's spam filter does get better the longer you train it

Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by tsjq »

arkitaip wrote: post #13

I've gotten into the habit of spam labeling these emails, hoping they contribute to the great spam filter in the sky. This works much better than unsubscribing because most of these emails aren't even intended for me but the jerks who keep using my email address to sign up for services and aren't required to verify the email address they provided. One thing I've realized having moved away from Gmail to fastmail, is t…

I do the same. I feel I might be confirming my email address to spammers if I click that "unsubscribe" button.

Re: Show HN: Please-unsubscribe.com – fwd emails to unsubscribe from marketing

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Post by hk__2 »

kristaps wrote: post #21
arkitaip wrote: post #13

I've gotten into the habit of spam labeling these emails, hoping they contribute to the great spam filter in the sky. This works much better than unsubscribing because most of these emails aren't even intended for me but the jerks who keep using my email address to sign up for services and aren't required to verify the email address they provided. One thing I've realized having moved away from Gmail to fastmail, is t…

I first try to find an unsubscribe link, but if there is none or it's broken, then into the spam filter the message goes.

Note you can do both (as I do).
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