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Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by secondbreakfast on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:03PM (#23528863)
Have you ever been on the receiving end of a sales person's drip campaign?
Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by antigirl on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:07PM (#23528912)
Yes and I click the Unsubscribe link if I don’t want to receive anymore emails
Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by city41 on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:29PM (#23530180)
You have to dig for the unsubscribe link at the bottom of the email, navigate the unsubscribe website interface which is always wildly different and sometimes absolutely confusing (possibly on purpose). Then finally you have to hope they honor the request.

I think the screener sounds great. I hate that pretty much all online retailers equate a purchase with "we can send you marketing emails". Having a consistent, up front interface to kill these emails that will always work is very nice.

Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by holstvoogd on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:52PM (#23529542)
Yeah, that works great when they make a new list each month.. I’ve had to threaten GPDR complaints to get off lists I hadn’t even subscribed too haha
Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by koonsolo on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:23PM (#23530071)
At that point you just mark them as spam, no?
Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by what_ever on Monday June 15, 2020 @01:38PM (#23530339)
They can similarly create a new FROM address for the campaign then to get around Hey?
Re:Basecamp’s founders are trying to start an email rebellion by Nextgrid on Monday June 15, 2020 @02:04PM (#23530746)
I haven't had a single legitimate company ignore a firm and strongly worded e-mail or phone call asking to not be contacted again. Plus in Europe we have the GDPR on our side and while it's not actually being enforced, mentioning it is usually enough to raise some eyebrows.