I've often wondered about this.
Do you think the Gmail-generated unsubscribe link above the email message has the same effect of informing spammers of a live email address?
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The unsubscribe button in gmail actually looks for unsubscribe links and processes them when you click that button, it is just a shortcut so it has the same effect unfortunately.
There is a service called sanebox that has a feature called "black hole" that actually just hides the emails you receive (sends them to a trash folder) rather than unsubscribing you to protect you from this very problem!
I've often wondered about this.
Do you think the Gmail-generated unsubscribe link above the email message has the same effect of informing spammers of a live email address?
The unsubscribe button in gmail actually looks for unsubscribe links and processes them when you click that button, it is just a shortcut so it has the same effect unfortunately.
There is a service called sanebox that has a feature called "black hole" that actually just hides the emails you receive (sends them to a trash folder) rather than unsubscribing you to protect you from this very problem!
Pretty cool !