I tell my friends and family to never click unsubscribe links, unless they had proactively subscribed. Buying something from a company that requires an email does not count. unsolicited marketing emails are spam and should be treated as such. Double so if that company sends marketing emails disguised behind support@company.com.
reply> Double so if that company sends marketing emails disguised behind support@company.com
replyThat’s typically not a disguise but a clear means of indicating that you can reply to the email
No, sending marketing from support emails is almost certainly trying to game spam filters. Marketing@company.com would work for the allow replies purpose.
reply> sending marketing from support emails is almost certainly trying to game spam filters
replyThat is not how spam filters work.
If I've interacted with a specific email address, like support@company.com, my email provider will put them in my inbox.
replyHow is it not a disguise? It means you can't block marketing emails without also blocking the legitimate support emails.
reply"Report spam" is quicker and easier than "unsubscribe".
replyGmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the appropriate unsubscribe headers, so it must be common enough to warrant Gmail developer attention.
Pretty sure hotmail/outlook also has the same sort of popup for spam reports. I think accidental would be kind of hard with that popup.
replyDoes gmail still insert ads in the free tier? That would be a reason to keep people reading as many emails as possible.
reply> Gmail added a popup asking the user if they want to unsubscribe when flagging a newsletter with the appropriate unsubscribe headers
replyUnfortunately close to 100% of the spam I'm flagging causes this popup now :-/
I'm getting a dozen spam a day now on my Gmail account ... I think they're losing the battle.