The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #50978   Message #774772
Posted By: JohnInKansas
31-Aug-02 - 09:20 AM
Thread Name: Help: Getting off a mailing list
Subject: RE: Help: Getting off a mailing list
IanB

The "unsubscribe button" on any SPAM message is there to induce you to confirm that you got their mail. It will NOT in general, induce them to remove you from their list(s). They will just put your name on the "recently confirmed and higher priced" list, and sell it to more SPAMMERS.

Incidentally, most SPAM carries a "fake" return address in the "From" box. You can, in most email programs, make an "exclude" list to reject mail from specific senders, but their 'return' will be changed frequently so it's pretty fruitless.

Delete without opening. Eventually they'll give up and send you the same crap under a different name.

John