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Took me 3 hours to unsubscribe from a single email list...
I swear this newsletter kept coming even after I hit unsubscribe like 5 times. Finally dug into the fine print and found I had to reply with 'REMOVE' to some random address at the bottom. Why do email systems make it this hard to leave? That tiny link buried under 4 paragraphs of legal text is just mean. Now I check every email for that trick before I even bother reading it. Has anyone else found a faster way to kill these stubborn subscriptions?
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the_phoenix7h ago
That line about the tiny link buried under legal text really hits home. I had a similar thing happen with a travel rewards newsletter that took me six weeks to escape. Turns out I had to forward their email to a specific address with the word "STOP" in the subject line, otherwise it just went to a black hole. My own workaround is I now use a separate email app folder called "The Blacklist" and just route everything there with a filter. It doesn't actually unsubscribe me but at least I never see it again. Your mileage may vary but I find the mental peace worth more than the 10 minutes it would take to dig through their terms of service.
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cameronb5215h ago
Started using a unique email alias for every signup. Makes it real easy to just delete the whole alias instead of hunting down unsubscribe links.
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