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Forgive the naivety, can you explain a little? From what I understand from this: You sent emails from AWS to subscribers. Some recipients hit the spam button

Forgive the naivety, can you explain a little? From what I understand from this: You sent emails from AWS to subscribers. Some recipients hit the spam button in Gmail. You received a message for every email that had been flagged as spam, including the recipient details. Is that correct? What exactly happens when I hit the spam button in Gmail?

BillinghamJ 9y ago
Yes that’s correct. Email senders are informed when you mark email as spam so they can add you to an unsubscribe list automatically.
- flukus 9y ago
  Sounds like an easy way to verify active email addresses.
  - deleted 9y ago
    [deleted]
  - civilian 9y ago
    It is! But it's better just to check the SES queue for "email was delivered".
    - BillinghamJ 9y ago
      Yeah the SMTP protocol handles verification of mailbox existence already.
- austinjp 9y ago
  This is very odd. I thought the "mark as spam" button was entirely within Gmail. I had no idea it sent a message to the email sender. Is this standard? It seems counter productive, since it confirms the spam was received. I want it to fail silently and disappear forever. What should I be doing, to achieve silent spam disposal within Gmail? I hope I don't have to set filters myself, that would defeat the entire purpose of a smart system that learns to recognise spam. Edit: we're talking about "mark as spam", not "unsubscribe", right?
  - BillinghamJ 9y ago
    Yep.
tyingq 9y ago
Gmail parses the email for an unsubscribe link and asks if you want to unsubscribe. If you say yes, it follows the link for you. See this: https://lifehacker.com/5319723/gmail-offers-to-automatically-unsubscribe-you-from-mailing-lists https://lifehacker.com/5319723/gmail-offers-to-automatically...
- austinjp 9y ago
  Yes, although I'm asking about marking spam, not unsubscribing.
  - tyingq 9y ago
    That's when Gmail prompts you...when you initially mark it as spam.
jlgaddis 9y ago
The next time you get such an e-mail, look through the headers (available via "Show Original" in Gmail, IIRC) for a "List-Unsubscribe:" header. This value will usually be an HTTP URL (it can also be a "mailto:"). That (unique) URL (which is tied to your e-mail address) is then followed in order to unsubscribe you from the list.

BillinghamJ 9y ago

Yes that’s correct. Email senders are informed when you mark email as spam so they can add you to an unsubscribe list automatically.

flukus 9y ago
Sounds like an easy way to verify active email addresses.
- deleted 9y ago
  [deleted]
- civilian 9y ago
  It is! But it's better just to check the SES queue for "email was delivered".
  - BillinghamJ 9y ago
    Yeah the SMTP protocol handles verification of mailbox existence already.
austinjp 9y ago
This is very odd. I thought the "mark as spam" button was entirely within Gmail. I had no idea it sent a message to the email sender. Is this standard? It seems counter productive, since it confirms the spam was received. I want it to fail silently and disappear forever. What should I be doing, to achieve silent spam disposal within Gmail? I hope I don't have to set filters myself, that would defeat the entire purpose of a smart system that learns to recognise spam. Edit: we're talking about "mark as spam", not "unsubscribe", right?
- BillinghamJ 9y ago
  Yep.

tyingq 9y ago

Gmail parses the email for an unsubscribe link and asks if you want to unsubscribe. If you say yes, it follows the link for you. See this: https://lifehacker.com/5319723/gmail-offers-to-automatically-unsubscribe-you-from-mailing-lists https://lifehacker.com/5319723/gmail-offers-to-automatically...

austinjp 9y ago
Yes, although I'm asking about marking spam, not unsubscribing.
- tyingq 9y ago
  That's when Gmail prompts you...when you initially mark it as spam.

jlgaddis 9y ago

The next time you get such an e-mail, look through the headers (available via "Show Original" in Gmail, IIRC) for a "List-Unsubscribe:" header. This value will usually be an HTTP URL (it can also be a "mailto:"). That (unique) URL (which is tied to your e-mail address) is then followed in order to unsubscribe you from the list.