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This is why a legit newsletter might have a confirm step: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27469535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27469535 I’ve had
by snowwrestler 5y ago
This is why a legit newsletter might have a confirm step:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27469535 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27469535
I’ve had to deal with customers angry they did not get emails they wanted, and we tracked it back to a security service at their employer that auto-clicks all email links to check them. We had to add a confirm step to unsubscribe to keep it from happening. We’re B2B and I suspect it’s a much bigger issue than B2C because so many companies run custom email setups.
- aurbano 5y agoYou might be able to check the user agent to differentiate legitimate users from automated scanners? There's always the chance that they use a browser's user agent to disguise themselves but that should be easy to check.
- kevincox 5y agoI bet most scanners use a "human looking" user agent otherwise it would be trivial to cloak the page when the scanner checks it.
- schmorptron 5y agoYou know what, that's a pretty good reason. Guess I'll add "click an unsubscribe button on a simple website" to my list of acceptable ways to handle unsubscribing. :)