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I wonder when, if ever, they'll dock LinkedIn for this. Easily the worst offender in my inbox as far as legitimate companies are concerned.

rhizome 12y ago
Funny thing about LinkedIn emails: some years ago I got sick of it and tracked down everything I could turn off. I then got no LinkedIn email. Now, I've been looking for jobs and such and wanted to turn on inbox notification emails and maybe some job search results, and they've changed their settings around enough that I can't figure out how to turn these things back on. A+ work!
graeme 12y ago
Everything from Linkedin goes straight to my spam filter. They simply will not shut off emails.
click170 12y ago
At this point, I'm convinced LinkedIn is literally paying Google to whitelist their spam. I have yet to find a single person who actually appreciates the emails LinkedIn sends them. That includes business people who got their job through LinkedIn, and the recruiters who use it. When it gets to the point when TV shows are casually taking jabs at LinkedIn for their abusive email policy, I think that's a sign that they're not wanted. Anywhere. Edit: To clarify, the recently released Simpsons episode poked fun at LinkedIn, as has John Stewart (multiple times), and John Oliver.
- puranjay 12y ago
  I definitely think there are some backroom deals. Usually, emails I don't ever click on or explicitly mark as spam end up in my spam box automatically. Gmail is smart enough to do that. Even Quora emails land directly in the spam box. Not so for LinkedIn. I've never clicked through on an email from LinkedIn. I don't even have a profile on the site - just an account that's sitting empty. Yet, all emails still land in my inbox. I wonder why...
  - click170 12y ago
    One of the benefits of running your own email server: You can block all LinkedIn spam at the gateway. All LinkedIn email is banned at my gateway. As is any vendor who considers me purchasing from them to be an agreement whereby they can send me unsolicited email. 0 tolerance.

rhizome 12y ago

Funny thing about LinkedIn emails: some years ago I got sick of it and tracked down everything I could turn off. I then got no LinkedIn email. Now, I've been looking for jobs and such and wanted to turn on inbox notification emails and maybe some job search results, and they've changed their settings around enough that I can't figure out how to turn these things back on. A+ work!

graeme 12y ago

Everything from Linkedin goes straight to my spam filter. They simply will not shut off emails.

click170 12y ago

At this point, I'm convinced LinkedIn is literally paying Google to whitelist their spam. I have yet to find a single person who actually appreciates the emails LinkedIn sends them. That includes business people who got their job through LinkedIn, and the recruiters who use it. When it gets to the point when TV shows are casually taking jabs at LinkedIn for their abusive email policy, I think that's a sign that they're not wanted. Anywhere. Edit: To clarify, the recently released Simpsons episode poked fun at LinkedIn, as has John Stewart (multiple times), and John Oliver.

puranjay 12y ago
I definitely think there are some backroom deals. Usually, emails I don't ever click on or explicitly mark as spam end up in my spam box automatically. Gmail is smart enough to do that. Even Quora emails land directly in the spam box. Not so for LinkedIn. I've never clicked through on an email from LinkedIn. I don't even have a profile on the site - just an account that's sitting empty. Yet, all emails still land in my inbox. I wonder why...
- click170 12y ago
  One of the benefits of running your own email server: You can block all LinkedIn spam at the gateway. All LinkedIn email is banned at my gateway. As is any vendor who considers me purchasing from them to be an agreement whereby they can send me unsolicited email. 0 tolerance.