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[dvh]

I've set up a filter that moves emails that contains word "unsubscribe" to trash.

[jabroni_salad → dvh]

Unfortunately I have found that a lot of transactional mails include unsub links even on things that maybe I should not unsubscribe from, like receipts and billing statements and customer service interactions that I initiated and thought had gone unanswered.

[thefisola → dvh]

Filters only affects new incoming emails. If that's your intention, then that works perfectly. Of course this also means you never want to see a newsletter in your Inbox.

In cases where you want to mass delete older emails that you previously subscribed to, you might find InboxPurge useful.

[ncocacola → thefisola]

You can apply filters to older emails.

[thefisola → ncocacola]

Oh interesting, didn't know this

[fckgw → dvh]

Did you know you can just click the unsubscribe button and then you won't need a filter?

[abirch → fckgw]

I assumed that if you hit unsubscribe they would immediately sell your email. I've seen a lot of spam sent with an unsubscribe option.

[cynicalsecurity → fckgw]

Don't click on unsubscribe, click on report spam instead, without unsubscribing.