Are e-mail advertisers required to have an unsubscribe link?

[quietstar525]

+1 to DW.

Reliable companies usually don't resort to spam in the first place.
So, if you get spam - it is coming from someone un-reliable.

If you just delete the mail, eventually that one sender will stop wasting time. They will think it is a worthless address. ( and possibly even a 'trap' set up to capture and tag spam mail)
If you respond to the email at all.. or click on ANY link in the email;
1) you are telling the "bad guys" that you actually read that garbage
... and only folks who read it are ever going to remotely have a chance to pay money for something.
2) you risk a virus by clicking on a link.

If you know the company and you want to stop with spam mail, go to corporate website, and look for contact info there.
If you don't know the company, or you do - and they are shady.. just delete the email without reading it.
Don't even acknowledge them.. they'll keep coming back.


You can try to get enforcement under CAN-SPAM, but it is nearly impossible to prove who really sent the mail, and the fines / damages you can sue for are barely worth any effort.
You can try to complain to "upstream providers".. but usually they already know that the guy paying $25/month for email is a spammer, and they like his money.