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Rant HN: There's 1-Click Unsubscribe, then there's these assholes.
- busterarm 10y agoThey're using JSP...the nerve. ;)
- baron816 10y ago> Please note that we will process your request within five (5) business days. You may still receive marketing communications during this time. That's just icing on the cake.
- markbao 10y agoThat's pretty good in the twisted world of email newsletters. I've seen quotes of 2 weeks to unsubscribe before, as if they already printed and stamped a physical mailer weeks ago...
- jrnichols 10y agoThat's common (and can-spam compliant) marketer speak for "We'll remove you from List A, but we've already sold you to List B, C, D, E-Z. Toodles!"
- bnb 10y agoI unsubscribed from the highly annoying BestBuy marketing emails and got a notice I'd be removed in 10 days. I looked into CAN-SPAM, and that's the maximum allowance of time to comply with a removal request. Never going to shop at a BestBuy again.
- emrekzd 10y agoHilarious. This is where the "report as spam" button comes in.
- jachee 10y agoIn their defense, it's a one-stop form that can unsubscribe email, print, and phone marketing. But don't let me mellow your harsh. :)
- frandroid 10y agoAlso: http://plaintextoffenders.com/post/28972162169/gartnercom-technology-researchers http://plaintextoffenders.com/post/28972162169/gartnercom-te...
- frandroid 10y agoFun "Rant HN" prefix, would click again.
- aasarava 10y agoCould it be done better? Sure. But to be fair, the fields aren't all required. If you want to unsubscribe from emails, you only enter your email. It's pretty clear this is a low-tech solution that just sends the unsubscribe request to someone in marketing who then manually scrub their various list (hence the 5 days). For unsubscribing from print mailings, this is actually not bad. It's much easier to enter my address than it is to go find some ID printed on the label of a recent mailing and enter that in, as some places require you to do.
- fhood 10y agoOne of my friends thought it would be hilarious to subscribe me to the Trump newsletter. That was 3 or 4 months ago and despite unsubscribing and adding to spam I still occasionally get stuff from them. My friend found it less funny after I gave his email to a particularly predatory Indian marriage planning site.
- toomuchtodo 10y agoI suggest the nuclear option: https://goatattack.com/ https://goatattack.com/
- whamlastxmas 10y agoTrump newsletters are apparently going to spam automatically for a lot of GMail users, I wonder if this is why.
- iamthepieman 10y agoI've been subscribed to a UK based liberal democrat campaign and party news list for two years now. I have - responded to several fundraisers and party organizers asking them not to email me anymore - clicked the unsubscribe button/link when there is one(about 1/3rd of the time for some reason) - reported as spam - used various unsubscribe services/aggregators all to no avail. At this point every time an email gets through I just report as spam and manually add them to my filter.
- jjkmk 10y agoHave you tried creating a wild card filter with anything @theirdomain.com
- nkurz 10y agoHow progressive that they at least let you unsubscribe from all of their lists with a "simple" online form. Intel, by contrast, still takes a more conservative approach. While they allow you to unsubscribe from each individual list online, if you actually want to stop receiving their "important marketing announcements" you need to write them a physical letter. Here's the helpful closing from one of their emails last week: To unsubscribe from other Intel communications, contact us at this address: Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., M/S RNB4-145, Attn: Unsubscribe/Privacy, Santa Clara, CA 95054.