Preventing Unsubscribes in Forwarded Emails
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Re: Preventing Unsubscribes in Forwarded Emails
#2I love the idea of having a banner prompting forwarded email receivers to sign up.
Regarding the unsubscribes, have you tested tweaking the copy? An example could be: "Unsubscribe XYZ@mail.com" instead of just "Unsubscribe"?
Re: Preventing Unsubscribes in Forwarded Emails
#3Wouldn't requiring inputting your email address and then pressing an ubsubscribe button work? That way when the forwarded user tries to unsubscribe, they know they aren't subscribed.
Re: Preventing Unsubscribes in Forwarded Emails
#4Wouldn't requiring inputting your email address and then pressing an ubsubscribe button work? That way when the forwarded user tries to unsubscribe, they know they aren't subscribed.
Good idea, but I feel that this places a burden on the subscribed user that wishes to unsubscribe.
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#5Honestly, I just like having them email me when I've unsubscribed. That way, if somebody else does it, I know because I receive a notification.
If I'm unsubscribing from a spammy newsletter, I don't mind them sending exactly one "unsubscribe confirmation" email immediately that I can then have in my records later on in case I forget whether or not (or when) I unsubscribed.
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#6As long as it's possible to work around this, it's OK. I have far too many 'academic conference' emails (no longer an academic, so I don't want them) where it's hard to unsubscribe because I'm getting the email from a chain of forwarded address (many of which I can't actually send mail from anymore).
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#7Wouldn't requiring inputting your email address and then pressing an ubsubscribe button work? That way when the forwarded user tries to unsubscribe, they know they aren't subscribed.
Good idea, but I feel that this places a burden on the subscribed user that wishes to unsubscribe.
Particularly when the subscribed user has several email accounts that all forward to another. It is a pain in the ass to click back and figure out exactly which address something came from.
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#8How does this work?
Re: Preventing Unsubscribes in Forwarded Emails
#9Wouldn't requiring inputting your email address and then pressing an ubsubscribe button work? That way when the forwarded user tries to unsubscribe, they know they aren't subscribed.
This is possibly in violation of CAN-SPAM:
You can’t charge a fee, require the recipient to give you any personally identifying information beyond an email address, or make the recipient take any step other than sending a reply email or visiting a single page on an Internet website as a condition for honoring an opt-out request.[1]
[1] http://business.ftc.gov/documents/bus61-can-spam-act-complia...
Re: Preventing Unsubscribes in Forwarded Emails
#10It seems a bit scary that forwarded mails can be changed. As a spammer, send something interesting and make it an ad when forwarded?