I feel OK using it with companies I recognize. Often, it's because I signed up for the mailing list accidentally, or to receive a discount on something. They're not out to scam me, and they'll generally honor the unsubscribe request.
I'd never use it for some scammy spammer.
GMail does a pretty good job of separating the former from the latter. If it ends up in my inbox, and I don't want to see it any more, I'll unsubscribe. If it ended up in my spam folder, it's almost certainly a scam.
There used to be a button "report spam and unsubscribe" but it's gone now. Can only do one of those.
It's like Google is taking the position that if they respect opt outs, they're not spam, but that is absolutely not true. Especially if I didn't sign up
I never use it. It is extremely easy for a bad-actor to program the unsubscribe feature to identify and mark an email as "active".
I feel OK using it with companies I recognize. Often, it's because I signed up for the mailing list accidentally, or to receive a discount on something. They're not out to scam me, and they'll generally honor the unsubscribe request.
I'd never use it for some scammy spammer.
GMail does a pretty good job of separating the former from the latter. If it ends up in my inbox, and I don't want to see it any more, I'll unsubscribe. If it ended up in my spam folder, it's almost certainly a scam.
There used to be a button "report spam and unsubscribe" but it's gone now. Can only do one of those.
It's like Google is taking the position that if they respect opt outs, they're not spam, but that is absolutely not true. Especially if I didn't sign up
yes its safe.