If your unsubscribe link asks me to type my email address ... • Aaron Parecki

If your unsubscribe link asks me to type my email address before it unsubscribes me, I'm marking your email as spam.

Portland, Oregon, USA

#email #spam

Thu, Dec 15, 2016 8:37am -08:00

5 likes 1 repost 8 replies
- mmaha
Have you written a response to this? Let me know the URL:
- extantproject extantproject.com
  
  harsh.
  
  Thu, Dec 15, 2016 6:58pm +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  ... especially if I don't remember signing up for your newsletter
  
  Thu, Dec 15, 2016 11:23am -08:00
- Aaron Gibson known.aegibson.me/profile/aaron
  
  Here, here!
  
  Thu, Dec 15, 2016 11:55pm +00:00
- Not Fake Adam Kalsey kalsey.com
  
  One reason to do that: you forward a message to me, I click unsubscribe and unsub you.
  
  Fri, Dec 16, 2016 12:19am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  I guess that's fair. Then it should pre-fill my email address. Otherwise I may not even know which of my addresses is subscribed!
  
  Fri, Dec 16, 2016 12:21am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Not Fake Adam Kalsey kalsey.com
  
  A hairy problem. One solution: one-click unsub, with a huge “user@example.com has been unsubscribed. Didn’t mean to? Subscribe”
  
  Fri, Dec 16, 2016 12:23am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Aaron Parecki aaronparecki.com
  
  Even better!
  
  Fri, Dec 16, 2016 12:24am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)
- Not Fake Adam Kalsey kalsey.com
  
  or land on a page that says “unsub user@example.com from Mailing list X?”
  
  Fri, Dec 16, 2016 12:25am +00:00 (via brid-gy.appspot.com)

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