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I have a simple rule for email that I don't want. If there is a way to easily opt-out (clicking a link, replying with "unsubscribe", or (in rare cases) filling

I have a simple rule for email that I don't want. If there is a way to easily opt-out (clicking a link, replying with "unsubscribe", or (in rare cases) filling out my email address on a form) I will do that. I should also set a rule for that sender saying "opted-out" so I can know if they aren't respecting that. If I can't do any of those things, I mark it as spam and move on. I don't care about the negative impact to your future emails by getting spam reports in Gmail. It doesn't concern me. Let me unsubscribe easily and legally.

HyprMusic 14y ago
Gmail actually detects when you click spam and there's an unsubscribe method available, and will attempt to unsubscribe for you[1]. [1] http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/unsubscribing-made-easy.html http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/unsubscribing-made-e...
- ComputerGuru 14y ago
  Not exactly. It does, but only if the appropriate headers are set (and they're usually not).
  - fogol 14y ago
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  - fogol 14y ago
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- kijin 14y ago
  > For those of you senders who are interested in this feature, the most basic requirements are including a standard "List-Unsubscribe" header in your email with a "mailto" URL Do they support HTTP URLs in the List-Unsubscribe header yet? Last time I checked, the mailto URL was the only one they supported, despite the fact that RFC 2369 clearly includes an HTTP option. It would be so much easier if website developers could simply reuse their existing unsubscribe link, instead of having to monitor a special e-mail account. And yet nobody seems to support the HTTP URL option.
16s 14y ago
"I have a simple rule for email that I don't want." Me too. I use procmail to send it to /dev/null. I've done this for the last 12 years.
- notyourwork 14y ago
  12 years? /dev/null must be pretty full at this point :)
  - mattdeboard 14y ago
    That's why you set up rolling backups for /dev/null.
    - dror 14y ago
      The problem is that restores of these backups literally take forever.
Ryan_Shmotkin 14y ago
Case in point HN own launched geeklist, impossible to unsubscribe and GMail spam still somehows ignores my repeated clicks.

HyprMusic 14y ago

Gmail actually detects when you click spam and there's an unsubscribe method available, and will attempt to unsubscribe for you[1]. [1] http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/unsubscribing-made-easy.html http://gmailblog.blogspot.co.uk/2009/07/unsubscribing-made-e...

ComputerGuru 14y ago
Not exactly. It does, but only if the appropriate headers are set (and they're usually not).
- fogol 14y ago
  dvsscsxxsfewyrbrygtxchdgsbea esqczfrcfrg
- fogol 14y ago
  dvsscsxxsfewyrbrygtxchdgsbea esqczfrcfrg
kijin 14y ago
> For those of you senders who are interested in this feature, the most basic requirements are including a standard "List-Unsubscribe" header in your email with a "mailto" URL Do they support HTTP URLs in the List-Unsubscribe header yet? Last time I checked, the mailto URL was the only one they supported, despite the fact that RFC 2369 clearly includes an HTTP option. It would be so much easier if website developers could simply reuse their existing unsubscribe link, instead of having to monitor a special e-mail account. And yet nobody seems to support the HTTP URL option.

16s 14y ago

"I have a simple rule for email that I don't want." Me too. I use procmail to send it to /dev/null. I've done this for the last 12 years.

notyourwork 14y ago
12 years? /dev/null must be pretty full at this point :)
- mattdeboard 14y ago
  That's why you set up rolling backups for /dev/null.
  - dror 14y ago
    The problem is that restores of these backups literally take forever.

Ryan_Shmotkin 14y ago

Case in point HN own launched geeklist, impossible to unsubscribe and GMail spam still somehows ignores my repeated clicks.