It's not the same class as spam, as you're insisting. Merely deleting the email doesn't "get rid of it". Now there's a hard association between you and the othe

It's not the same class as spam, as you're insisting. Merely deleting the email doesn't "get rid of it". Now there's a hard association between you and the other party and can be social hacked as a recovery email. It's bad practice on Gmail's part to create an official function which commits without authorization or authentication.