With some organizations, clicking the opt out or unsubscribe button is a one-and-done deal: it works just the way it’s supposed to and I receive no more messages from them.
Others, however, keep coming as if I never took any action against receiving them, sometimes it takes six or eight weeks before they finally stop, sometimes it’s only a few days before it stops. I have sometimes continued to be bombarded with emails from different entities under the same umbrella organization, yet disguised in ways to hide who they are.
Often nowadays there is an optional drop-down survey as part of the unsubscribe process, they want to know why the recipients don’t want to receive their junk mail, its choices are something like:
1. I never signed up for this
2. I no longer need this
3. I receive too many email messages from you
4. I have allowed my account to expire
5. I no longer live in the area that you serve
I realized recently that clicking number three is code to them, it says send fewer emails or send them less often, but don’t stop sending them altogether. Grrrrrrr.
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