![]() That’s wonderful information for the mailer and his pals.ģ. By responding to the email, you have positively confirmed that you have opened and read it and may be slightly interested in the subject matter, whether it’s getting money from a foreign prince, a penny stock tip or a diet supplement. So you are probably going to hear from them too.Ģ. Worse, now that you have validated your address the spammer can sell it to his friends. If the sender is unscrupulous then the volume of email you receive will most likely go up, not down. You have confirmed to the sender that your email address is both valid and in active use. ![]() ![]() Here are 5 reasons why unsubscribing can be a bad idea, whether you do it by sending a reply email or opening an “unsubscribe” web link:ġ. Unfortunately phishing attacks rely on the fact that it’s very, very easy to fake who and where an email has come from so it’s all but impossible to be 100% sure who has sent you an email. Of course, not everyone who sends you mail is a spammer and if you know that a sender is trustworthy it’s safe to unsubscribe. You may end up giving the sender a lot of information about you, or even an opportunity to infect you with malware. However, some of those handy little links can cause more trouble than they solve. We all get emails we don’t want, and cleaning them up can be as easy as clicking ‘unsubscribe’ at the bottom of the email.
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