Today’s Email clients, both desktop and web, have some highly effective spam filters, which allow you to avoid spam emails to reach your inbox. But nothing is perfect, and so are these spam filters.
Howsoever smart these spam filters are, you will surely be getting a few spam emails passing through them and reaching to your inbox. And some of them have an “Unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the page, just trying to look like a genuine email respecting your privacy.
It is often tempting to click on that “Unsubscribe” button thinking that this will help you avoiding spam emails.
But, you may be mistaken. There are lots of chances that by this simple click, you will be telling the spammers a lot of things about you, which are ideal for the spammer know to continue spamming you.
For instance, it tells the spammer that…
- This is a genuine email address and somebody is actually reading the emails sent to this address.
- The person is having ample time to read spam emails and even go to the last to click that “Unsubscribe button”
- The spam filter of this person is not working correctly.
These are ideal situation for the spammer. They collect all such “Unsubscribe” request and start spamming them even more.
So, if you want to avoid spam emails sent by that spammer in future, just report it to your email client as “Spam” and rest in peace.
December 15th, 2009 at 12:59 am
What’s the point..from my experience..it depends on the sender. If he/she is responsible person, thene he will unlist your email when you unsubscribe..but if they aren’t..no point..they will still send..
Just my 2 cents
December 15th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Hi Jus,
You missed the point, I guess.
The spammers usually buy the email lists in bulk, and most of them are dead, usually inactive email IDs. It is upto them to filter these email IDs, to know which are dead and which are active emails.
When, you click on “unsubscribe”, actually you help the spammer to learn that your email ID is active. This will prompt him to send you more spams in future.
Had you not clicked on that “unsubscribe”, the spammer would have thought that your email ID is dead, and you might not have received future spams from him.
I hope I am able to clarify.
December 16th, 2009 at 2:40 am
I don’t agree with your post. i think we should not avoid spam emails. There may be any important mail in the spam folder.
December 16th, 2009 at 4:05 am
The persons who doing this type of the spam works must be avoided for the purpose of the regular management of the site and the mail.They should feel for that otherwise there is no solution without the awareness..Spam will be managed to follow the regular protection against it.