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Anecdotal, but I feel like I’ve started getting considerably more spam once I started clicking “unsubscribe” (in lists that I have never signed up for in the fi

• dpifke 3y ago
  Depends on the sender. Using fake opt-out links to build lists of verified addresses is a trick almost as old as spam itself. But services like SendGrid actually honor unsubscribes, and I believe monitor the unsubscribe rates of their customers to catch those buying lists. I'm not a Gmail user, but doesn't Google click the link in the List-Unsubscribe header for you when you mark as spam? The help article linked from the Google blog post implies they do (or they will): https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#subscriptions https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126#subscriptions
  • gcarvalho 3y ago
    It prompts you, I believe — “report spam and unsubscribe” or just “report spam”. I never clicked the links from those spammy emails directly but used to accept gmail’s prompt.
• lucb1e 3y ago
  If you didn't sign up, it's not legal in the first place, at least not in the Netherlands and it sounds weird if it would be elsewhere (can spin up infinite companies for a few tenners each and keep sending the same list of people spam emails from different legal entities). These senders have no interest in following a law, they're interested in who engages with their emails