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Re:How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work? by slipheen on Friday May 29, 2020 @12:33PM (#23352103)
For me, Step 1 is using their Unsubscribe option.

If I get another message from them, Step 2 is to setup a mail rule to put everything from their company into the Junk folder.

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Re:How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work? by progval on Friday May 29, 2020 @04:19PM (#23355015)
I have another step between 1 and 2: send a mail to the abuse contact of their AS. You can do it either manually, or with a tool like https://www.spamcop.net/ . Sometimes it works (but rarely).
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Re:How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work? by loeg on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:02PM (#23355512)
I only do step 1 if I actually consented to subscribe to a list.

If the sender just added me to their list without consent? Straight to spam.

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Re:How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work? by eropple on Friday May 29, 2020 @01:28PM (#23352855)
Too much work, tbh. It's my mailbox, not theirs.
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Re:How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work? by inshadows on Friday May 29, 2020 @05:06PM (#23355554)
Right. Unsolicited email is spam and marking it as such is proper way to deal with it.
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Re:How does the Gmail unsubscribe button work? by johannes1234321 on Friday May 29, 2020 @06:11PM (#23356146)
With "suspicious" sources step 1 confirms the address to them, which allows them to see it.

Delaying step two requires book keeping.

Immediately blocking is low effort with effect.

In few cases, where senders seem to be "proper" companies I do a GDPR request. Sometimes they provide valuable information about address brokers etc.

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