I lost my Yahoo account a few years back with all the addresses, etc. Since then, I ask people NOT to put me on group mailing lists. If that does happen, I simply dump them into trash and flush. Usually unread. I then write a letter to that person asking that they either

1) remove my name from the list or

2) stop mailing stuff to me, period

I do not open any e-mail I have doubts about, and certainly I never open links inside those e-mail.