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My problem isn't spam emails, it's transactional emails that are just a bit too chatty nowadays. I can't buy anything online without getting 5 different emails, it seems. Or 20 online check-in reminders for flights. Often, I feel like "yes, I know that I just did thing X, you don't have to remind me".

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What's worse is that the subject of such emails are always some generic "Your upcoming trip". Thanks... i booked 3 flights, which one is it and is this important rescheduling information or just nagging me to buy an upgraded seat.

Perhaps we need a crowdsourced title sanitizer/rewriter along with filtering? Like, "Your activity and other news" -> "[SPAM] PayPal"; "Your upcoming trip" -> "Trip to %location update"; "Your coming trip" -> "[SPAM] Airline XYZ"...

> is this important rescheduling information or just nagging me to buy an upgraded seat

yeah, I feel like airlines (and other companies) get away with declaring emails as transactional that are 80% just promotional material.

I don't know if everyone does it because of that, but I know in some cases, that's done on purpose so that you can notice whether someone else did something with your account.

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