Do you bother to “unsubscribe” from “junk” and other unsolicited “emails?

I generally just hit delete. I found it quick enough as I processed emails.

More recently, I moved such “offenders” to my junk folder first.

On a spare after hours moment(s), I take to going through the emails, determining which of my emails the solicitation was directed to and clicked unsubscribe. Often the response is to wait some ten days for it to occur. I may do a follow-up to report on this “project” and whether spam and unsolicited emails decrease.

Interestingly, some (many?) offending senders use faux addresses not in anyway connected with the name. An example is “NYTimesdirect” and it looks like a real email but clearly not connected to the Times.

What I find also is a need to check my preference with various news sites to remove any approval for solicitations.

Getting rid of unwanted emails matters because of a quirk I prefer in receiving email. Rather than check multiple emails, I direct all incoming to one box (Yes I can check them separately but it makes more sense to me to get things in real time and handle what makes sense (think clients, anything important from family, especially the wife, in real time). Yes, some may also text; I sometimes will email and text (and call) depending on importance.). The emails not addressed remain easy to find and access without unnecessary and unwanted emails obscuring them.

At the same time at least one email provider/internet host seems to spam emails I send to its users. This problem also afflicts many others according to Gotham’s webmaster Mitch Tobol. We encounter this issue sending to folk with optimum.net and optonline.net emails. This often occurs responding to an email from friends and colleagues with that either email. If they have alternative (gmail/yahoo/aol/icloud) emails, the mail goes through. It gets so ridiculous that with a major voluntary organization where I serve as “executive secretary to the grand chancellor” I send also to the gmail account of his “chief deputy grand chancellor” who resends from his optonline account to our Grand Chancellor; all as a backup. We find some emails go through and others do not with no rhyme or reason. My recommendation: any optimum (Altice) user avoid using the provider’s email. While my provided advises when emails do not go through; not every provider does this and I would believe most senders of email want to make sure the intended recipient does receive same. Sort of like A Spider in My Web.

I await better efforts to eradicate spam and unnecessary “blockages” of wanted email.

Is the alternative just No Mail Today?

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