Monday, June 13, 2005

Unsubscribing Using The Blacklist Method

…many people use anti-spam programs as a way to avoid having to remember how to unsubscribe from unwanted newsletters” -- Security Watch 6/6/2005.

After a little laugh at this, I really wasn’t sure what to think.

Laziness? Consider that at the bottom of every newsletter is a link to unsubscribe. I guess to find that link would mean reading the newsletter.

Overwork? The ever popular “I don’t have time” precludes us from clicking the “unsubscribe” link but not the “add to blacklist” link.

Fear? Has the antispam mantra “Don’t click on unsubscribe” sunken in so far that people are afraid to click unsubscribe even from legitimate concerns?

Habit? We get so much spam in some mailboxes that the “add to blacklist” click is second nature (in this case, you need a new spam filter).

AAS

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