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You can always login and re-enable an email on the service. The service is allowed to request information needed to process the unsubscribe. I get emails for s

You can always login and re-enable an email on the service. The service is allowed to request information needed to process the unsubscribe. I get emails for some dude's Chevy when it needs servicing. I can't unsubscribe. I am stuck getting emails about a car I have never owned from some dealer in Pittsburg. I need an opt out that lets me communocate "hey, some dumbass fatfingered his email, stop spamming me."

thaumaturgy 5y ago
Genuine question: your comment and a bunch of others make me wonder why people seem unable to filter email by sender. That used to be a pretty standard part of having an inbox. Are you using a mail client or service that doesn't have filtering built in? Do you find it difficult to set up a filter rule? Are you unfamiliar with filter rules? Do you use filters but just ideologically object to any unwanted email? I'm honestly curious.
- ohyeshedid 5y ago
  The conversations about spam are usually incredibly nebulous, as there's different perceptions and perspectives. I think what you're picking up on, is that some folks don't differentiate between commercial email filtering services, and personal spam filters. There's conflation of email 'I don't care about and don't want', bulk UCE, shifty list operators with shifty 40 page terms, etc.
- wl 5y ago
  Gmail filters are incapable of marking things as spam. Worse, if something matches a filter rule, it's whitelisted.
  - thaumaturgy 5y ago
    Well, that's horrible and explains a lot. Thanks.
- vorpalhex 5y ago
  It's a chore, and it is a never ending one. I have several thousand senders blocked. However, 1. Some senders intentionally send ads and actually useful notifications from the same address, making filtering more difficult 2. Better yet, some senders constantly shift their address so they are almost unblockable without going to arbitrary keyword blocking I would like to live in a world where instead of me doing stupid amounts of work to not get a flood of spam.. people just don't spam. I am lucky - I can literally throw money and tech at this problem. Most people are not lucky. I would much rather spam be elimited as a whole.

thaumaturgy 5y ago

Genuine question: your comment and a bunch of others make me wonder why people seem unable to filter email by sender. That used to be a pretty standard part of having an inbox. Are you using a mail client or service that doesn't have filtering built in? Do you find it difficult to set up a filter rule? Are you unfamiliar with filter rules? Do you use filters but just ideologically object to any unwanted email? I'm honestly curious.

ohyeshedid 5y ago
The conversations about spam are usually incredibly nebulous, as there's different perceptions and perspectives. I think what you're picking up on, is that some folks don't differentiate between commercial email filtering services, and personal spam filters. There's conflation of email 'I don't care about and don't want', bulk UCE, shifty list operators with shifty 40 page terms, etc.
wl 5y ago
Gmail filters are incapable of marking things as spam. Worse, if something matches a filter rule, it's whitelisted.
- thaumaturgy 5y ago
  Well, that's horrible and explains a lot. Thanks.
vorpalhex 5y ago
It's a chore, and it is a never ending one. I have several thousand senders blocked. However, 1. Some senders intentionally send ads and actually useful notifications from the same address, making filtering more difficult 2. Better yet, some senders constantly shift their address so they are almost unblockable without going to arbitrary keyword blocking I would like to live in a world where instead of me doing stupid amounts of work to not get a flood of spam.. people just don't spam. I am lucky - I can literally throw money and tech at this problem. Most people are not lucky. I would much rather spam be elimited as a whole.