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Re:Why does unsubscribing from a newsletter take “a few days”? by nemetroid on Thursday August 01, 2019 @04:43AM (#20582146)
> Getting 1-2 extra emails isn't the end of the world: it's good enough for the company, you get off the list, they don't have to think about that unprofitable problem any further.

If I receive any further e-mails after unsubscribing, I mark them as spam. I don't think I'm the only one who does. That should be some incentive against sloppy unsubscribing mechanisms.

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Re:Why does unsubscribing from a newsletter take “a few days”? by D-Coder on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:49PM (#20586391)
You've unsubscribed. You're no longer a customer. Why should they care? (Other than if they want to be decent human beings.)
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Re:Why does unsubscribing from a newsletter take “a few days”? by hyperman1 on Thursday August 01, 2019 @01:55PM (#20586446)
Because 1 in 3 email adresses is @gmail.com and google learns very fast from the Spam button. So if you want your emails to arrive to the subscribed people...
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