Timeline for Unsubscribe safely
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| Jul 3, 2015 at 14:08 | comment | added | BЈовић | There are phishing emails, that looks like a "good" spam. For example, I had one that looks like an email from linkedin | |
| Jul 2, 2015 at 14:35 | comment | added | WernerCD | @LorenPechtel Personally, I would put those in Bad(Unknown). If Dewalt sends me an email because they got my Address from Lowe's - it's still not something I personally signed up for IMO (even if the small print says Lowe's will share with affiliates). It's unexpected and gets the Report Spam Gmail Salute from lil ole me. It's more of a grey area, since I "trust" "Lowe's". | |
| Jul 2, 2015 at 2:58 | comment | added | Loren Pechtel | It's not just the stuff you signed up for but stuff from affiliates. When company A sells a list of prospects to company B you can get stuff that's unwanted but they'll still honor unsubscribes. It's only the sleazy stuff you shouldn't touch. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 21:12 | comment | added | Doktor J | This answer is much better than the accepted answer. There are a number of lists I've intentionally (and unintentionally) signed up for over the years. I've found that, especially if the email is from a known managed provider (e.g. Mailchimp) the unsubscribe link is useful. Echoing others, I'd err on the side of caution and not click an unsubscribe link if I'm unsure whether the sender (or their mailing list provider) is trustworthy. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 19:18 | comment | added | WernerCD |
@JaredBurrows Well, I assume (You know what happens when you assume?) it would be. CURL is going to be simpler - no plugins like Flash, javascript, etc - so that would mean a smaller attack surface. On the flip side... Good and Bad messages can be linked to a secondary page that requires interaction: Are you sure you want to do this? Why? Do you not care about our children? Is it really you clicking the link or are you lying to us (and our poor destitute childred)? that CURL wouldn't be able to interact with.
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 18:01 | comment | added | Jared Burrows | Yeah It does not matter. They would know the link was clicked on anyways. I meant to say is it safer than opening it up in a browser. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 16:06 | comment | added | WernerCD | @JaredBurrows I don't think "how" you click a link (In the gmail web app, in outlook, copy/past link into Netscape Navigator or sending a pigeon... or via CURL) matters in this regard. The question is do "They" know "this" email address is active? If you respond to it in any way, they do. If it's a company you deal with (etc: Lowe's), the know you use this email and the question of "is this email active" is irrelevant so click away... if it's an unknown company, they don't know until you "respond" - even if via CURL. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 15:51 | comment | added | Jared Burrows |
@WernerCD Have you tried unsubscribing with curl using curl -L <link>?
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 13:39 | history | edited | WernerCD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 13:32 | comment | added | WernerCD | @Nrc if it's unclear, I'd personally err on the side of not clicking. (or clicking "Mark as spam" in google and forgetting about it) | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 13:25 | comment | added | Nrc | When I remember I subscribed and it is trusted font, of course I unsubscribe. When it is a span, of course I do not click to unsubscribe. The problem comes when it is not clear | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 12:50 | history | edited | WernerCD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 12:46 | comment | added | WernerCD |
@Danny. I have heard that is better to **never click to any link in an email**. Is it a bad idea to click to a unsubscribe link? What is the best way to unsubscribe to undesired mails? - Emphasis/paraphrase: "ANY link in ANY email". "Undesired" could be stuff you signed up for (like Lowes Weekly Specials in my example). I would say this question is more broad than "bad".
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| Jun 30, 2015 at 12:44 | comment | added | Danny. | Of course! But @Nrc is only talking about "bad"/undesired SPAM. Unsubscribing from Newsletters/"Good Spam"/Trusted Senders is almost safe. | |
| Jun 30, 2015 at 12:42 | history | answered | WernerCD | CC BY-SA 3.0 |