Rant HN: There's 1-Click Unsubscribe, then there's these assholes.

One of my friends thought it would be hilarious to subscribe me to the Trump newsletter. That was 3 or 4 months ago and despite unsubscribing and adding to spam I still occasionally get stuff from them. My friend found it less funny after I gave his email to a particularly predatory Indian marriage planning site.

How progressive that they at least let you unsubscribe from all of their lists with a &quot;simple&quot; online form.<p>Intel, by contrast, still takes a more conservative approach. While they allow you to unsubscribe from each individual list online, if you actually want to stop receiving their &quot;important marketing announcements&quot; you need to write them a physical letter.<p>Here&#x27;s the helpful closing from one of their emails last week:<p><i>To unsubscribe from other Intel communications, contact us at this address: Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., M&#x2F;S RNB4-145, Attn: Unsubscribe&#x2F;Privacy, Santa Clara, CA 95054.</i>

Could it be done better? Sure. But to be fair, the fields aren&#x27;t all required. If you want to unsubscribe from emails, you only enter your email. It&#x27;s pretty clear this is a low-tech solution that just sends the unsubscribe request to someone in marketing who then manually scrub their various list (hence the 5 days).<p>For unsubscribing from print mailings, this is actually not bad. It&#x27;s much easier to enter my address than it is to go find some ID printed on the label of a recent mailing and enter that in, as some places require you to do.

I&#x27;ve been subscribed to a UK based liberal democrat campaign and party news list for two years now. I have<p>- responded to several fundraisers and party organizers asking them not to email me anymore<p>- clicked the unsubscribe button&#x2F;link when there is one(about 1&#x2F;3rd of the time for some reason)<p>- reported as spam<p>- used various unsubscribe services&#x2F;aggregators<p>all to no avail. At this point every time an email gets through I just report as spam and manually add them to my filter.

&gt; Please note that we will process your request within five (5) business days. You may still receive marketing communications during this time.<p>That&#x27;s just icing on the cake.

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Fun &quot;Rant HN&quot; prefix, would click again.

In their defense, it&#x27;s a one-stop form that can unsubscribe email, print, and phone marketing.<p>But don&#x27;t let me mellow your harsh. :)

They&#x27;re using JSP...the nerve. ;)

Hilarious. This is where the &quot;report as spam&quot; button comes in.