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 "simple" online form.

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 "important marketing announcements" you need to write them a physical letter.

Here's the helpful closing from one of their emails last week:

To unsubscribe from other Intel communications, contact us at this address: Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., M/S RNB4-145, Attn: Unsubscribe/Privacy, Santa Clara, CA 95054.

Could it be done better? Sure. But to be fair, the fields aren't all required. If you want to unsubscribe from emails, you only enter your email. It'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).

For unsubscribing from print mailings, this is actually not bad. It'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've been subscribed to a UK based liberal democrat campaign and party news list for two years now. I have

- responded to several fundraisers and party organizers asking them not to email me anymore

- clicked the unsubscribe button/link when there is one(about 1/3rd of the time for some reason)

- reported as spam

- used various unsubscribe services/aggregators

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.

> Please note that we will process your request within five (5) business days. You may still receive marketing communications during this time.

That's just icing on the cake.

Also: http://plaintextoffenders.com/post/28972162169/gartnercom-te...

Fun "Rant HN" prefix, would click again.

In their defense, it's a one-stop form that can unsubscribe email, print, and phone marketing.

But don't let me mellow your harsh. :)

They're using JSP...the nerve. ;)

Hilarious. This is where the "report as spam" button comes in.