• BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world
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    Click here to unsubscribe from Slorp marketing emails. First log in. Forgot password? Click here to reset. Hmm, doesn’t appear to be a user account with that email address. Create an account? Check your email for the activation link. Confirm your contact information. Consent to tracking cookies? Manage notifications. Unsubscribe from all? We’re sad to see you go!

      • AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world
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        Yeah, the CAN-SPAM act, as far as I understand it, doesn’t allow them to force you to make an account just to unsubscribe.

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          Thats assuming they obey it, and that its US based and under US law jurisdiction.

          and as I learned with the national do not call registry, it is utterly meaningless and does nothing to prevent the issue at the best of times.

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            Also, those “unsubscribe” links can be used to confirm that your email is valid, leading to even more junk, or even phishing attempts. Have to log in to unsubscribe? Better make sure the site is legit first.

            • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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              yep, i said that elsewhere. The only way to really deal with spam is a robust filter.

              and even you still have to deal with it, cause eventually something legitimate will slip into the spam folder and then you’re having to dive through the mess to find it.

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          It’s surprising how often they don’t comply. I think for while adobe was asking me for a login to unsubscribe, which I couldn’t remember or be bothered to reset the password for. They seem to have changed it recently. Maybe a lawyer realized they were exposed to class action

      • NekuSoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de
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        That, and there’s a high likelyhood the only thing the unsubscribe button would do is giving the spammers the valuable information that this email address is actually in use.

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        Every platform with enough technical resources should support one click unsubscribe.

        I never understood the concept of making it difficult to unsubscribe. Marketers have a hard enough time getting users to open email at all. Let users help you clean up your subscriber list with an easy opt out to reduce your send cost and improve deliverability.

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          I just assume these are the same marketing types that will spend billions in ads offering anyone under the sun 1/2-off everything for a year. Customers that have been paying faithfully every month for years? Fuck off!

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      /> reset password

      “hmm, there doesn’t appear to be a user account with that email address”

      /> Makes new account

      “User account with that email exists. Reset password?”

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        Try password

        Incorrect credentials

        Reset password

        Fill in the password you want

        Password can’t be the same as previous password

        (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

        • son_named_bort@lemmy.world
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          Fill in the new password

          Password must contain at least one special character

          Fill in the new password

          Password cannot contain @

          Fill in the new password

          Password must contain at least one number

          Fill in the new password

          You have attempted too many attempts at resetting your password and are now locked out of your account. To unlock your account please call 1-800-FUCK-YOU between 8:32 and 9:46 AM Eastern time.