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> each one arriving within hours despite my repeated, polite “no thank you” responses why anyone would respond to spammers, if they recognize them as spammers?
by matkoniecz 2mo ago
> each one arriving within hours despite my repeated, polite “no thank you” responses
why anyone would respond to spammers, if they recognize them as spammers? And want them to stop spamming?
- ilamont 2mo agoBeat me to it. Why isn’t every unsolicited pitch without an unsubscribe link immediately blocked/marked as spam?
- BLKNSLVR 2mo agoNot to mention the obviously unrelated-to-publishing, dodgy sounding email addresses. Red flag #1 where only a single red flag is needed to discard it. Having said that, less technically minded people, as authors may be, may not even notice that.
- bombcar 2mo agoMany people don’t even know that Outlook can still show the source email address because it shows you the name instead.
- itintheory 2mo agoIs the presence of an unsubscribe link a useful signal? I presume that just marks your email address as active in the spammer's database.
- goobatrooba 2mo agoI think so too and have a funny conunndrum: I frequently get emails from some "Relations management" companies that they are including my contacts in a catalogue to sell to clients. I can opt out by clicking a link. So either I click and it may delete me, or it will confirm my address is real. I err on the side of not clicking, but I'm sure many less technically minded colleagues make the click.
- matkoniecz 2mo agoI mark as spam also ones with unsubscribe link.
- tdrgabi 2mo agoBecause he decided to write an investigation article and wanted to see what would happen. I don't think he replies to all spam emails.
- matkoniecz 2mo agoAccording to claimed timeline he decided to do it later. At that stage responding to spammers makes sense.