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by gwbas1c 898 days ago
I can't wait for this to take effect.

It seems that every time I buy something or someone gets ahold of my email address, I get added to a SPAM list.

I can't wait for all of these to be blocked.

For example: I recently elected a benefit, and the company added me to a SPAM list for weekly deals 100% unrelated to the benefit. They even ignored the fact that I unsubscribed.

2 comments

I've started using this approach to combat spam that ignores unsubscribe attempts:

1. Report each and every offending email to the FTC: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/#/

2. Forward the "report received" email that the FTC sends you to support@spamming_domain.com and explain how and why you're reporting them

3. That's it. I've had a 100% success rate with this approach

I promise, these changes won't fix that.