Do you consider email newsletters spam?

Soulwatcher Level 1

November 11, 2017, 10:53 pm

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Do you consider email newsletters spam?

I am a member of at least 80+ forums (a lot of them shut down) and nothing upsets me more than getting a newsletter in the email. I consider it 100% spam and I report it as spam every time. Because the way I see it, is I left the forum/blog for a good reason. And I don't want to be bombarded with news emails trying to get me back. And the worst part about newsletters is some forums send them weekly trying to get you back. What about you? Do you consider email newsletters spam?

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Tronia

Tronia

Honestly? Most of them, yes. I have personally only really subscribed to like 2-3 newsletters from websites that I find very interesting and I love to read yet I receive a ton of newsletters each week. I got no idea where or why but obviously people found out my email now I get spammed with it. I have added those addresses to the auto spam anyway so it's not a huge deal but it's just pointless - unless people personally subscribe to your newsletter, they won't read it and they will view it as spam.

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Soulwatcher

Soulwatcher

AT one point in time i got so many news letters every day that I had to keep inscribing from them and marking spam on the ones that wouldn't stop sending them to me. And the worst part is most of the time news letters are a bunch of highlights that I read on their website already. I wish they were new information and not something that I already knew.

7 years ago

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mar06

mar06

I think so because they will update you about your current situation just like a newsletter. They will give you details and information about a certain topic and also they will guide you if ever you have some problem of it.

7 years ago

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Martinsx1

Martinsx1

From what I'm aware of, you don't get a newsletter unless you personally subscribe to it and getting them popping in is all your own doing, there is nothing like spam attached to it. What you simply need to do is login into the website and have the subscription to get the newsletter disabled and all will be good.

7 years ago

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treecko142

treecko142

Yeah, I usually unsubscribe immediately after receiving a newsletter and I just usually tick off the notifications preferences when I first register on a website.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I don't know how many newsletters I have subscribed to because most of them have me subscribed to them through the registration process where you have to tick a box to opt out of receiving it (I'm just too lazy to click on them). I did actually recently go on a bit of a spree of just unsubscribing from loads of them because they were just getting annoying and filling up my inbox.

7 years ago

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Barida

Barida

Some of those newsletters can be embarrassing especially when some of them have contents that doesn't interest us. This is the point where it gets boring to read them.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I think most of the newsletters that come to my email, I have absolutely no interest in them, mainly because of the fact that they are so boring. Some of these companies need to hire some new people to write their newsletters for them or find a better way to generate them because I have no interest in reading them.

7 years ago

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Soulwatcher

Soulwatcher

That's the biggest problems with the nes letters is they place the check box where its almost unnoticeable unless you really look for it. And then you end up getting your inbox full of spam. And sometimes they just keep sending even though you unsubscribe to the website and that's when I flag them as spam over and over until google filters them out of my email.

7 years ago

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I wouldn't say that they are unnoticeable because whenever I register I do notice a number of checkboxes that basically tell you that you agree to receive emails from the company/site. The problem is that most of the times these are checked by default and most people just scroll past these without bothering to read what they say. And others are just too lazy to uncheck it.

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Corzhens

Corzhens

I only subscribe to newsletter with a niche that is interesting to me. But I am careful in subscribing to newsletters because they can be annoying when the content is not relevant anymore. Whenever I would get a newsletter that is clearly a spam, I push it to the spam folder and the next newsletter from that sender will go straight to the spam folder. That will free me from the annoyance since a newsletter is regular in publication.

7 years ago

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Steve5

Steve5

It depends. Some newsletters are meaningful. They're what I look forward to. But most of the time, newsletters are advertisements and promotions by people who want to sell stuff. That's not nice.

7 years ago

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treecko142

treecko142

Yeah, especially on my old email accounts, there are just a lot of newsletters back in the day and I have forgotten all about them. I just unsubscribe from every new site that I sign up on except for the online shopping sites which email you schedules for discounts.

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

I think that a lot of this stuff is definitely spam, but it is pretty easy to deal with. I am pleasantly surprised, every now and then, by a good newsletter, and i often sign up for them at sites initially just to see what they might have to offer. If I do not like it, it does not take much of an effort to unsubscribe or to block the content from my inbox. I am willing to give these types of things at least one chance. I do hate spam and relentless email campaigns who will not take me off of their lists, but, like I said, I can manage that and take care of it if the other party or parties are trying to take advantage of my email connectivity or account.

7 years ago

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Barida

Barida

It's all about providing our emails on some sites without assurance of keeping it private for you. So, I'm always wary of doing so unless my privacy is assured.

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wiseagent

wiseagent

Honestly, it will depend a lot on the content that is present in it (for example: if the email does not get me for the title, I may not even have the curiosity to read it). But unfortunately, I think the way this option is handled makes me think of "spam" almost immediately (most of them either are annoying or irrelevant).

What's the point anyway?

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JoeMilford

JoeMilford

I agree with you here as well--the title or subject heading has to catch me, and a lot of spammers give themselves away with their suspicious titles, incorrect or broken English, or just plain ridiculous phrasings or content. Those go right to my junk, phishing, blocked, or deleted areas of my email accounts. It can be hard, sometimes, to know what you should even open up or not in your inbox, but I have found that most of the time, using common sense, this is easy to navigate.

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mildredtabitha

mildredtabitha

It doesn't matter if what they send is my favorite. All email newsletters are spam. The ones that come in at scheduled intervals like one per week or 3 per day can be tolerated but they end up being many especially if you have no time to read.

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DarthHazard

DarthHazard

I am subscribed to quite a few emails, more because of the fact that they auto-subscribe me when you register on various sites. I don't bother to read any of them and like you I tend to consider them all as spam especially ones that are sent extremely frequently. Luckily I am not subscribed to any that send 3 per day, that seems crazy!

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treecko142

treecko142

Yeah, I hate it when some sites don't even bother to let you choose when they email you, and they just send out these newsletters constantly and you are forced to spend your time to unsubscribe.

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Judas2018

Judas2018

No, if I signed up for a newsletter then I don't consider it spam. Every now and then they can contain valuable information I might need to know. Most sites you sign up for give you an option to receive or NOT receive their monthly or bi weekly newsletter. If you check the box for YES - then you can't complain months down the road when you're getting newsletters in your inbox. If you don't like it then visit the site you belong to, and un-check the RECEIVE NEWSLETTER box.

7 years ago

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Barida

Barida

Some of these newsletters can contain valuable information that we might need at the end of the day. Unfortunately, not those information can be needed by everyone.

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Judas2018

Judas2018

I think as long as you sign up for a newsletter - you can't complain when it comes your way. You can make suggestions to the site admins to make the newsletter more eye-catching or robust. But that's about it.

7 years ago

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DenisP

DenisP

For me at least, it is obviously going to depend on who the email is from. There are sites out there that I'm genuinely happy to receive newsletters from. If I'm really interested in a site or a person, I'm going to want to know what is new in their world and what I can expect from them in the coming weeks.

And then there are sites that I happened to visit and now they're littering my inbox with emails. Excessive amounts of newsletters and promotional material is a guaranteed way to get me to unsubscribe and/or block your email entirely.

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Tronia

Tronia

We are exactly the same then! I mean newsletters can be quite nice if you're really interested in a particular blog, website, forum and just want an overlook of the basic information or what's been happening in the last week/month.

Lucky for us, even if we do get spammed with the newsletters, it's quite easy to simply add them to the spam bin and block the address to prevent any future contact.

7 years ago

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DenisP

DenisP

Exactly. It can be a convenient way of receiving updates without the hassle of always having to check the website to see if there is something new. It can help you keep up with news that maybe you weren't aware of.

For example, I'm subscribed to a lot of YouTube channels but I don't always have the time to sit through a whole video, but that means I might miss out on some important information. Receiving a newsletter keeps me up to date if I've missed something.

But yes, I'm an avid user of the "move to spam folder" button in my email inbox, haha. Too many sites simply don't know proper newsletter etiquette and get so spammy.

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Baburra

Baburra

It depends on how much I want to read them. Most of the time, I just get them by default because I forget to uncheck the option or something like that, but sometimes I really do want to get updates from a certain business or website so I wouldn't say all of them are spam because it just depends on whether or not you do want to read the content. More often than not, though I just get the updates through social media so I don't even see the emails anymore.

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Barida

Barida

Yeah, it is possible for some of those of the contents to be useful for us, but the case is that it can get scary when we receive those ones that are not for our interest.

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Martinsx1

Martinsx1

This is why there is an option to unsubscribe from getting the newsletter once they start popping across irrelevant mails that are of no interest to the subscriber. There is no big deal in it, just open the mail and click on the unsubscribe tab and everything would be put to rest and you can have your peace.

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JonathanS98

JonathanS98

To be honest, I don’t see email newsletters as spam. However, I’d say the overall quality of newsletters has severely gone done. The problem is, people don’t manage mailing list properly. When you build up a subscription list, that’s an audience you’ve created. If that newsletter doesn’t have any information of quality, you’re basically updating them with spam. So in my opinion, we as people have degraded the principles of a mailing list by website owners constantly sending recipients useless information.

Also, I’m one of those people that keep my newsletter subscriptions filtered. I don’t like receiving emails I don’t want. Therefore, I’m very picky on who’s and which websites I subscribe to for newsletters.

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Martinsx1

Martinsx1

Thanks for this input because from my standpoint I really don't see why the first thing to rush to someone's mind when newsletter is mentioned should be spam. From onset, you are the one that gave the forum owner consent by subscribing for newsletters to be sent to you. And when it's sent you label it spam. You still have full right to unsubscribe from getting the newsletter.

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treecko142

treecko142

Some newsletters are really informative and help provide important information, for example, online stores announcing whenever they have an upcoming sale and only sending at the appropriate time. Problem is a lot of sites view e-mails as just a tool to say hello to you when you haven't visited their site for a while even when their e-mail contain nothing of value.

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

I've relegated all newsletters as spam. It's because some send newsletters daily, some weekly, some bi-monthly and monthly and the information in almost all of them are really not interesting.

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AaronStrout

AaronStrout

Yes they are the functional equivalent of spam. Notifications make more sense. Just tell me there's something new on your site, and if I like the site I will visit it. Actual content speaks louder than words, and if your content is words, your news letters are redundant.

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ballyhara

ballyhara

Soulwatcher, thanks for posting this. Those newsletters can't be more annoying. I certainly consider those spam, and eventually I turned to unsubscribe from all kind of newsletters, I could get more than 20 in just a week. The bad part also, is that even i got me unsubscribed, they still send me emails wanting me back, and that gets me really angry, because I left them for a good personal reason. Nowadays, they tend to ask you why are you unsubscribing, and that's when I let them know, how annoying they get with all those spam emails they send me like crazy.

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Soulwatcher

Soulwatcher

That's why I use Gmail for my email, because of your right. Even though you unsubscribe they some companies keep sending emails. So what I do is keep flagging them as spam and after so many time of flagging them as spam google automatically puts them in the spam folder. So I never see them anymore and about once a week I just delete the spam folder without even looking at it. Because everything in there is spam emails.

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Judas2018

Judas2018

I've done that myself. Flagged a few newsletters from various forums as spam. Some however I either haven't flagged or haven't gotten around to flagging yet. Some I don't read just because I don't have the time. But the forum that puts out the newsletter is one I actually like and visit often.

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mar06

mar06

I guess so because lot of information there appears and that considers as a newsletter spam but not all but just those things you have apply that involve your email.

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Judas2018

Judas2018

Another thing to consider when it comes to Newsletters is creating a separate folder for them to arrive in. That way they can be out of your primary arriving mail folder, and you can read or access them whenever you need.

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Kakashi2020

Kakashi2020

Whoever has the notion that newsletters are effective should probably attend a seminar or something. I hate newsletters and there are cases in which even if I unsubscribe, I would still receive newsletters.

6 years ago

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ballyhara

ballyhara

Hahaha, I know right? how can they send you newsletters when you just unsubscribed? that happens to me all the time, and it's really annoying. I'm very careful, and I always choose not to get any notification, or news or whatever, but apparently my options go to nowhere. I keep pushing the spam bottom, but I'm still getting the newsletters anyway.

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