Comments for Should I unsubscribe from things I've signed up for to avoid spam?

Comment from Nick on 2007-12-01

2007-12-01T17:45:37Z

Another method, I believe for unsubscribing to a particular company's web site would be to utilize your tool in preferences for not receiving email from their particular web site. In other words, "BLOCK THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS" from ever getting into your email in the first place. This way, they will get it returned to them with an indication that you do not prefer to receive email from them. If they've already put others on to you, I guess you would have to do the same to them. To me, this is a sure way of unsubscribing someone.

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Comment from Ken B on 2007-11-19

2007-11-19T15:25:53Z

There are anonymous e-mail service providers out there that allow you to use a different e-mail address each time you sign up for something on line. (I use sneakemail.com) This way, you know exactly where the mail should be coming from, and if it's not from them, you know who sold your e-mail address to a third party. And, if it starts getting lots of spam, simply delete the account.

Another option, if you own your own domain name, is to create unique e-mail addresses for this purpose.

Finally, if your ISP supports "username+code" e-mail addresses, you can use that as well.

For example, I use "myusername+askleo@myisp.tld" on these posts. (Not because I don't trust Leo, but rather because I do this on all public blogs I post to.)

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Comment from Greg on 2007-11-18

2007-11-19T02:19:55Z

Worth noting that some spammers put in bogus unsubscribe links just to make their e-mails look more legitimate. In those cases, you don't get more spam because the unsubscribe address or URL goes nowhere.

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