I’ve been working lately on trying to clean-up my Inbox and get rid of stuff I receive via email that I never really end up reading or paying attention to on a regular basis. The latest target for removal have been the emails I receive from Fred Pryor Seminars.
I go to the bottom of the email and click on the automated unsubscribe link that’s provided. When you click on the link you see the following webpage.
You enter your email address and click on the button that’s clearly labeled "Yes, remove me!" They even put an exclamation point in there to make sure you get the message right? Not so much.
Here’s the next screen you see.
Yep, you read that right. Now I have NOT been removed from their email list. I did notice that the link for removal was to a https://busenetwork.net address, perhaps they left an "a" off that first part of the URL. It should have been https://abusenetwork.net
OpenID_is_Broken_On_ says
Thank you for posting this. I was thinking of using that link on the email, but I know that can just be used by unscrupulous companies to confirm the validity of your email address and thus result in more spam.The optimist in my wants to say Busenetwork just has an error in their web interface or are trying to be funny. Perhaps its too soon to tell, but the bottom line is: do you continue to receive emails from Fred Pryor Seminars (or others) via Busenetwork?
I hate spam. says
I got Fred Pryor's ugly spam. At the bottom it said I had "joined" some business letter group. A LIE!No REPUTABLE business would send spam. That says a lot about Fred Pryor.
I hate spam. says
I got Fred Pryor's ugly spam. At the bottom it said I had "joined" some business letter group. A LIE!No REPUTABLE business would send spam. That says a lot about Fred Pryor.
EJB says
They do the same sort of thing with their snail mail catalogs. I have been trying to get them to remove my business from their lists for TWO YEARS!