Ask HN: What to do when people send promotional emails without consent?

Re:Ask HN: What to do when people send promotional emails wi... by gvb on Saturday February 06, 2021 @01:57PM (#26048882)

Using the gmail web app, click on the spam email and then click on the vertical elipse ... in the upper right-hand corner of the email. Select "Report spam" to make it and that sender disappear forever. You may have to do this a few times, but persevere... you are doing the world a favor by training the spam filters.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do when people send promotional emails wi... by meowster on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:29PM (#26049132)

There are well-known reputable organizations in the U.S. that spam me because someone else entered in my email address and those organizations never validated the email address.

I mark them as spam, but it takes a long time for them to start going to the spam folder instead of the inbox.

I'm sure there are users here that are employees of these organizations/companies/etc. Please make sure your organization is validating emails! 'Never trust the user' should extend to email addresses too.

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Re:Ask HN: What to do when people send promotional emails wi... by jerrygoyal on Saturday February 06, 2021 @02:48PM (#26049293)

this has been my approach so far.

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