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Gmail's 'Unsubscribe' Tool Comes Out of the Weeds

Posted by timothy on from the and-don't-come-back dept.

itwbennett writes "Starting this week, a new, clearly marked 'unsubscribe' link will appear at the top of the header field in marketers' emails. Previously only appearing for a small percentage of users, the feature will now be made available for most promotional messages with unsubscribe options, Google said on Thursday. Email recipients do not need to take action for the links to appear."

2 of 129 comments (clear)

  1. Re:AWESOME by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've been having bad luck on that part

    Probably because by clicking that button you're proving that a human exists at the end of the email address. And because you were silly enough to click it, you're probably exploitable in other interesting ways, too.

  2. We need "vetted" unsubscribe links by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They should only put the unsubscribe link in for scrupulous vendors who will actually unsubscribe you and not sell your email address as "confirmed to be working".