[tankenmate]

When in fact it is a nuisance, this isn't really the kind of problem you want. You can only have one full time employment or contract at once (this is what recruiters want 99.99% of the time); ipso facto if you get these offers constantly you will turn down almost all of them. For me I've always relied on personal connections to guide me on whether I want to take an offer (for interview or job), regardless of whether I have had recruiters chasing me or not. If you are relying on personal connections to gather this information and/or offers then the recruiter adds very little value.

[antisthenes]

This problem you mention is easily solvable by having a dedicated email address for a job process, period.

That way you can safely forget about the existence of said email once you find a job.

[taken_username]

To be clear I, the writer of the post, got my current job through a recruiter, and politely respond to all recruiters that I am not interested. But, if the same company keeps spamming me, and I keep asking them to add me to their blacklist, that another story.