They know it's a valid email address. There's a long sordid backstory there and unsubscribing should have been an option via contacting them if they weren't abu

They know it's a valid email address. There's a long sordid backstory there and unsubscribing should have been an option via contacting them if they weren't abusive dirtbags. I am only interested in understanding the part where I forwarded the spam email to MailChimp per their instructions and Gmail did not let me keep a record of my "sent" mail because it originated from the spam folder and then unmarking my "sent" email unmarked the original spam email as well.