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	<title>Cylence, Inc. &#187; Interwebs</title>
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		<title>Gmail, Unsubscribe Me!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 19:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Cross</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After receiving one too many offers from EA to purchase a few of their products at a discounted rate, I decided that I'd had enough and parsed the email for the fated unsubscribe link. While doing so, I noticed something new. In the email's header data, I saw an "Unsubscribe" line, where the value was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After receiving one too many offers from EA to purchase a few of their products at a discounted rate, I decided that I'd had enough and parsed the email for the fated unsubscribe link. While doing so, I noticed something new. In the email's header data, I saw an "Unsubscribe" line, where the value was a link ("Unsubscribe from this sender"). Doing a little research turned up <a href="http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/unsubscribing-made-easy.html">a post</a> on the Official Gmail Blog detailing this new feature which I've apparently found success in avoiding since July.</p>
<p>It looks like Google is only displaying this header for trusted companies, such as EA, since anyone else <em>might</em> just take your request as a cue that you want more spam.</p>
<blockquote><p>"This only works for some senders right now. We're actively encouraging senders to support auto-unsubscribe — we think 100% should."</p></blockquote>
<p>In the same post, Google is also letting senders of such email know how to take advantage of this new feature.</p>
<blockquote><p>"&#8230; including a standard "List-Unsubscribe" header in your email with a "mailto" URL and, of course, honoring requests from users wishing to unsubscribe."</p></blockquote>
<p>Gmail has always had a pretty decent spam filter &#8211; in fact, that's why I jumped on board with them as my primary email provider back in the early beta days. This is just one more reason to stick with them. I still wonder why they're only the third largest email provider. Perhaps its the same reason why Internet Explorer is still the most commonly used browser&#8230; I am change, fear me!</p>
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