Re: OT: Re: Unsubscribe link at the bottom.
John Hardin schrieb am 06.04.2021 um 16:34: On Mon, 5 Apr 2021, Grant Taylor wrote: On 4/5/21 8:41 PM, Peter West wrote: I’d agree it’s address verification, as with the Unsubscribe link at the bottom. I'm of the opinion that if I have any inclining of knowledge of the company sending the email, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC pass, I'll probably use the unsubscribe link. Recently I ran into a 404 from the unsubscribe link from a company that my wife did business with. *facepalm* What ticks me off is an unsubscribe link that goes to a javascript-heavy page and that *won't work* without javascript. And an unsubscribe link with a huge identifying key on it, yet the unsubscribe page still asks you to enter your email address... As far as I see it, unsubscribe links from spammers are placebo, because the "campaign" or "mailing list" or "newsletter" is created for just one mass mailing session, then never used again. You don't need to unsubscribe (nor the spammer need to provide a real working unsubscribe functionality), because your address isn't used for *this* mailing list again anyway. However, it's used for creating a whole new mailing list tomorrow and a second one the day after tomorrow, but that's a completely different newsletter than the one from today (as the spammer would say, why he continues sending although you unsubscribed).
Re: OT: Re: Unsubscribe link at the bottom.
On 4/6/21 8:34 AM, John Hardin wrote: What ticks me off is an unsubscribe link that goes to a javascript-heavy page and that *won't work* without javascript. And an unsubscribe link with a huge identifying key on it, yet the unsubscribe page still asks you to enter your email address... Ya Those types of senders usually end up banned on my server with a custom comment to that effect. -- Grant. . . . unix || die smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
Re: OT: Re: Unsubscribe link at the bottom.
On Mon, 5 Apr 2021, Grant Taylor wrote: On 4/5/21 8:41 PM, Peter West wrote: I’d agree it’s address verification, as with the Unsubscribe link at the bottom. I'm of the opinion that if I have any inclining of knowledge of the company sending the email, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC pass, I'll probably use the unsubscribe link. Recently I ran into a 404 from the unsubscribe link from a company that my wife did business with. *facepalm* What ticks me off is an unsubscribe link that goes to a javascript-heavy page and that *won't work* without javascript. And an unsubscribe link with a huge identifying key on it, yet the unsubscribe page still asks you to enter your email address... -- John Hardin KA7OHZhttp://www.impsec.org/~jhardin/ jhar...@impsec.org pgpk -a jhar...@impsec.org key: 0xB8732E79 -- 2D8C 34F4 6411 F507 136C AF76 D822 E6E6 B873 2E79 --- Are you a mildly tech-literate politico horrified by the level of ignorance demonstrated by lawmakers gearing up to regulate online technology they don't even begin to grasp? Cool. Now you have a tiny glimpse into a day in the life of a gun owner. -- Sean Davis --- 7 days until Thomas Jefferson's 278th Birthday
Re: OT: Re: Unsubscribe link at the bottom.
Yes. I meant the unsubscribe link from an unknown advertiser. — Peter West p...@ehealth.id.au “He has risen…” > On 6 Apr 2021, at 12:50 pm, Grant Taylor wrote: > > On 4/5/21 8:41 PM, Peter West wrote: >> I’d agree it’s address verification, as with the Unsubscribe link at the >> bottom. > > I'm of the opinion that if I have any inclining of knowledge of the company > sending the email, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC pass, I'll probably use the unsubscribe > link. > > Recently I ran into a 404 from the unsubscribe link from a company that my > wife did business with. *facepalm* > > > > -- > Grant. . . . > unix || die >
OT: Re: Unsubscribe link at the bottom.
On 4/5/21 8:41 PM, Peter West wrote: I’d agree it’s address verification, as with the Unsubscribe link at the bottom. I'm of the opinion that if I have any inclining of knowledge of the company sending the email, and SPF/DKIM/DMARC pass, I'll probably use the unsubscribe link. Recently I ran into a 404 from the unsubscribe link from a company that my wife did business with. *facepalm* -- Grant. . . . unix || die smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature
