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Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by oblio on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:07PM (#24594610)
They probably just send a newsletter to StackOverflow users :-)
Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by quadrifoliate on Friday September 25, 2020 @06:11PM (#24594639)
Emacs users are probably more likely to unsubscribe to newsletters that they did not sign up for :)

(On a side rant, I really dislike how a lot of websites have normalized “create an account on a website” to mean “Sign up for receiving a plethora of emails about everything the website and its creators are up to these days”)

Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by ryukafalz on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:00PM (#24595269)
>On a side rant, I really dislike how a lot of websites have normalized “create an account on a website” to mean “Sign up for receiving a plethora of emails about everything the website and its creators are up to these days”

Hear, hear. If I get an email from a company whose newsletter I didn't sign up for, I immediately unsubscribe... but I really shouldn't have to.

Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by snazz on Friday September 25, 2020 @08:46PM (#24595485)
One of the greatest parts about owning my own domain is using different email addresses for these random websites that want to blast me with newsletters. That way, I can just redirect [email protected] to the trash if they sold my email address or I start getting spam to that address.

You can do the same thing in Gmail with the +, but some websites filter those out or don't allow them.

Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by cbsks on Friday September 25, 2020 @11:28PM (#24596183)
What websites have you had issues with? I started doing the same thing with my own domain about a year ago, but I haven’t see any unsolicited emails to any of the addresses yet.
Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by throwaway8941 on Saturday September 26, 2020 @12:30AM (#24596426)
I was expecting you to say "I immediately mark it as spam". Do it, treat unsolicited newsletters like the spam they are. If enough people do this, it creates significant problems for the authors of such email.
Re:Toward a “modern” Emacs by TeMPOraL on Saturday September 26, 2020 @02:52AM (#24596932)
I do that. Just unwanted = unsubscribe; unexpected = spam; if unsubscribe link doesn't work or requires logging in => spam.