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Cancelling accounts you don't have (none / 0) (#1)
by nytmare on Fri Aug 19, 2005 at 06:00:04 AM PDT

It's a topic unto itself. I've had Yahoo Points and US Airways Dividend Miles sending me junk email for accounts that I never signed up for. These entities require me to sign in to the account in order to accomplish anything, including stopping the spam -- but of course I do not have any account info with which to sign in! The spam from US Airways Dividend Miles is ongoing. At the bottom of each massive HTML message is the text "To unsubscribe for [sic] future e-mails [sic], please log into your Dividend Miles Account", and "Please do not reply to this email, as we are not able to respond to messages sent to this address." It's gross incompetence. People who don't have, or can't remember, the details for a particular account should not be required to use those account details to end billing or spam or the like. If your CC is being charged, the only thing you should need to stop the charge is your CC info. If your email address is being spammed, the only thing you should have to do to stop the spam is reply.


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