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Do Unsubscribe Links Stop Spam?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the click-here-to-find-out dept.

Kaiten writes "Brian McWilliams of Spam Kings fame has just published a fascinating spammer exposé over at Salon. Using a pseudonym, he was hired to send junk email on behalf of a spam operation that has been burying people (me included) with spam for fake Rolex watches. The article details how the spammers handle the 200,000-plus unsubscribe requests they get each month. Seems that LOTS of geeks actually cross their fingers and click those remove links. And, surprise, surprise, the spammers usually ignore the unsubscribe requests."

2 of 521 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So you dont have to watc [for Moderators] by DaoudaW · · Score: 0, Troll

    Please mod parent -1 redundant & -1 illegal

  2. Re:Don't do it! by JuggleGeek · · Score: 0, Troll
    That's probably because you are wrong.

    You are advocating something that will not work, and which will harass innocent people. And you are cussing at people for telling you that it doesn't work. You probably won't understand this, as I'm saying it nicely instead of cussing at you. So here you go - in your own language.

    You fucking idiot. You're a pissant shit-for-brains asswipe. You have no fucking clue about what you are talking about, and you are pissed off because everybody but you knows it. Now get the fuck out of my face.

    Fucker.