{"id":49867,"date":"2014-12-17T19:56:39","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=49867"},"modified":"2014-12-17T19:56:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-17T19:56:39","slug":"dont-unsubscribe-spam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/dont-unsubscribe-spam\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t Unsubscribe From Spam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Why your fight against Spam shouldn’t involve clicking unsubscribe.–PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font>.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n

Don’t Unsubscribe From Spam<\/h4>\n

By Leo Notenboom<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t unsubscribe from spam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, I have one caution for you: never ever \u201cunsubscribe\u201d from spam.<\/p>\n

Spam is email you did not ask for. Spam is email from companies you\u2019ve never done business with.<\/p>\n

Clicking on the \u201cunsubscribe\u201d link on spam emails only confirms to the spammer that they\u2019ve found a live person in their mass mailings, and it will likely get you more spam, not less.
\nOn the flip side, never mark email that isn\u2019t spam as spam.<\/p>\n

Email from companies you do business with typically isn\u2019t spam. Often, as you go through the purchase process, you give them permission to add you to their list (sometimes inadvertently, by failing to uncheck a checkbox). This is not considered spam. Unsubscribe instead.<\/p>\n

Similarly, never mark email that you actually asked for as spam. For example, if you subscribe to my newsletter and later on you no longer want it, unsubscribe.<\/p>\n

In both cases, marking legitimate email as spam can actually harm the business and its customers, because email providers may use your actions to begin filtering this legitimate email as spam for others, who may not think it\u2019s spam at all.<\/p>\n

Article continued here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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