Ever tried unsubscribing from junk e-mail?

[AgaBoogaBoo]

I tried unsubscribing from all the junk mail coming to my inbox, and it helped out considerably. I want to try this on all the junk mail in my bulk mail folder at hotmail because every day or two, it stacks upto 80 junk e-mails.

 

[thirtythree]

okay.

 

[FoBoT]

i tried a couple months ago and it didn't help at all

i am drowning in crap/spam
i get about 80-100 a day

 

[niwi7]

i used to get 200 a day


3 weeks ago i spent 3 hours and either hti the unsubscribe button on each 1 or did whatever it said to unsubscribe


now i get 5-15 MAX per day


MUCH BETTER

 

[clamum]

Unsubscribing does help, it's a pain in the ass but it's better than getting so much spam

 

[Ryan]

Unsubscribing works in some situations - clicking on the unsubscribe link on many of them just validates your e-mail address to the spammers, and they hit you up with more crap after that.

 

[datalink7]

I once tried unsubscribing and my spam went up about 10 fold. Not joking.

 

[dawks]

Best thing you can do to avoid spam, DONT POST YOUR EMAIL ON A WEBPAGE (on a new account, once you start getting spam, your screwed). Even hide it on forums if they present the option.

I have two email addresses that get about 1 spam per week, each. I've been using them for two years now. My other two accounts that I posted on the web get about 25-60 mails per day. Im assuming it would be hire if I hadnt taken them off the web a year ago.

 

[oniq]

Why do spammers think spam actually works? Do people actually click on the fvcking links in the spam? I just trash everything thats not from my girlfriend, friends, or family.

 

[bandana163]

I didn't get any spam for ~35 days now. :beer:
Without spam-filters.

 

[hdeck]

in general it doesn't work. all replying to their designated e-mail does is let them know you are reading the mail and that just increases the spam they send you.

 

[abaez]

Actually I read somewhere there is maybe 25 clicks per one million emails sent.. those 25 clicks make spam profitable enough.

 

[Regs]

You never unsubscribe from spam. All it does is tell the spam bot that it has actually received a valid e mail address. Meaning that spam bot will share you with a list of 100 other spam bots.

 

[atom]

The trick is to be selectable about it. If you are getting porn/penis enlargement spam from a yahoo e-mail address, common sense is that unsubscribing from it probably won't do crap. I used to get a lot of spam for credit card, debt stuff and I unsubscribed from those and it helped.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

Yeah, when I find the same people are sending me a bunch of stuff, I usually go through and check the actual li nk to make sure its not like subscribe.cgi or something and I read all the form fields in textpad and make sure they sound right. Thats about the most I can do to be sure on my side, I'll post back after trying it.