[zulln]

If you automatically get the newsletter of a company where you have signed up on their web service, you would mark that as spam?

I would unsubscribe and delete, but have not really thought about marking as spam or not yet. Just interested in some input there.

If I would get it from a company where I have not signed up the answer is of course obvious.

[enobrev]

In theory, I agree with the parent post and the sibling reply. If I didn't ask for email, then it doesn't belong in my inbox. In practice, I do what you do - unsubscribe and delete. If I get any more mail after that...

When I get the old "you'll be removed from our list within 10 days" message, I generally reply to it with a quick message: "Please remove me immediately or your next message will be marked as spam". Many times the sender has complied with a personal response provided someone saw my message, even for some large companies with "no-reply" emails.

For smaller companies - especially the mom and pop type operations - I'll usually give them a friendlier notice. "Hi, I unsubscribed and I'm still getting emails. Please remove me as I'd really rather not mark your messages as spam". I usually get a friendly personal response with apologies and a removal.

In all cases, after the company has been warned, I don't think twice about sending them to spam.

[vertex-four]

Yes, I would. Buying a product off you (or signing up for your free/promotional service) doesn’t mean you get to spam me, IMO.