HACKER Q&A
📣 cloogshicer

Report company sending out marketing emails without unsubscribe link?


A VC backed company (I don't want to name them because they don't deserve the exposure) is sending out emails without an unsubscribe link that are clearly marketing.

Support tells me "they're part of onboarding" so you can't unsub.

Any way to report them somehow as spam?

  👤 andreareina Accepted Answer ✓
If you use webmail (e.g. gmail) you can mark it as spam and it'll ding their score. If they're using mailchimp et al you can report the spam to them though you might have to dig through their site to find the report address.
👤 legitster
> Support tells me "they're part of onboarding" so you can't unsub.

So stupid.

I work on email systems all day. EVEN IF you have a valid reason to send someone an email, they can still file a spam complaint and that's much worse than just an unsubscribe.

👤 JohnFen
In the US, see here: https://reportfraud.ftc.gov
👤 KomoD
Click "mark as spam" if you are using something like gmail, outlook, etc.

Report them to whoever is providing the email delivery for them.

👤 vgeek
Whois the domains in their MX records and forward the offending messages to abuse@emailhostdomain.com. They typically inmediately remove you and get the sender to fix their messages.