Email Unsubscribe Issues

The cluster focuses on user frustrations with poor unsubscribe mechanisms in newsletters and spam emails, including login walls, ignored requests, and debates on whether to unsubscribe or report as spam instead. Discussions also cover services that automate unsubscribing and advice for handling unwanted emails effectively.

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Sample Comments

omfg Dec 14, 2012 View on HN

They don't seem to honor unsubscribe requests as the mails keep coming.

DanBC Mar 7, 2016 View on HN

Why should people "unsubscribe" from email they didn't explicitly sign up for?

Old_Thrashbarg Jan 17, 2022 View on HN

Please report spam on these. The email providers won't know they were unsolicited and unwanted if you just unsubscribe.

massarog Dec 17, 2012 View on HN

Companies that make me sign in to unsubscribe, stop doing this.

dpritchett Apr 4, 2011 View on HN

I'll mark your newsletter as spam in gmail if you don't provide an easy way for me to unsubscribe - preferably without having to remember my account info.

malka Apr 11, 2018 View on HN

they dont. Unsuscribe link behind a login wall suck.

redis_mlc Nov 7, 2020 View on HN

Emails in the US have an unsubscribe link, and failing that web email clients have "report spam" links. Don't understand the need for this service.

xnx Dec 19, 2025 View on HN

Same behavior seen with spam email. You unsubscribe from one "list", but you're added to infinity new ones.

Swalden123 Jan 26, 2023 View on HN

It's quite different, it's simple suggesting unsubscribes. It won't let you unsubscribe without doing anything. It also won't let you remove a large amount of subscriptions quickly

Gys Dec 11, 2015 View on HN

How is this different from opening these emails and clicking unsubscribe ? Or, in case such option is not available or keep sending, marking it as spam ?