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On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 11:36, Martin Gregorie <mar...@gregorie.org> wrote: > On 18 Nov 2018, at 22:19, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote: >> >> > Gents, >> > >> > I somehow became subscribed to a list, political in nature, in >> > whose mail I have no interest. This is a legitimate AFAIK, US >> > organization. >> > > I just auto-bin this stuff if their 'unsubscribe' link doesn't work. > Emirates, the well-known airline, is the latest outfit to get this > treatment here. > > However, given the recently mentioned US freedoms of political speech, > why can't you simply exercise your freedoms by reflecting it back to > the mailing list unseen but with a polite note added to the the body in > big caps saying something along the lines of: > > "I tried to unsubscribe from your list but that doesn't work, so here's > your unwanted mail back. Kindly take me off your list". > > I don't see how that could be twisted into offensive speech, but it > just might embarrass their mailadmin into taking you off the list. > > Martin
