First of all, I now never request that I be sent any kind of newsletter or notice; that cuts down a lot of mail. Second, I UNSUBSCRIBED from all of the unwanted newsletter type emails that were in my inbox. I sat down and went through all the unwanted newsletters and notices and simply dedicated some time to get it all done.
Newsletters all must have (or at least DO have) a link which will unsubscribe you. You have to scroll down to the bottom of the page and search, but if you check all of the links there, one of them will be to Unsubscribe.
Some sites make it very easy to unsubscribe. You click the link and are then taken to a page that says, "You have now been unsubscribed." Other sites require that you type in the email address to be unsubscribed. They almost always give you a chance to change your mind and continue getting their mailings.
I am not completely free of newsletter mailings, but a huge bulk of the unwanted emails has been eliminated from my inbox and what is left are the personal emails.
I will do this constantly whenever I receive a commercial email or newsletter. Since I began unsubscribing several weeks ago, my inbox has been a lot lighter and cleaner.
6 comments:
Cool! Glad to hear it. I don't usually subscribe to things I don't really want to receive and am a bit leery about unsubscribing because I think once they know they have a REAL person, they will sell that address to some unsavory characters. :-)
To DJan -- so far it hasn't happened and I am hoping it stays that way. :-) Let's hope these people are good.
That's the only way to go about it! Let 'em know that you don't want to be contacted. If that doesn't work, set up some mail filters to direct that stuff to the recycle bin. I'm partial to the Mac and how they handle mail. Granted, I still get spammed a bit, but I'm down from 30+ garbage emails a day to just a few.
To Herman Turnip--- So far it is working beautifully. I only got one email from MacKeeper which has no way of unsubscribing.
So true. I am always careful but I like to watch cow boy movies and they have tracking stuff so this takes time to get rid of as well.
This made me think to check some of the garbage I'm getting in my inbox. Thanks!
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