I'd love to know how many advertiser's 'unsubscribe'
prompts I've hit over the last few months.
A few of them - very few! - have actually worked first time
and without further ado.

Most of them however, either have no effect, or require you
to jump through a variety of hoops before they deign to do
what is expected.

Some of them even have the cheek to ask for your name and
and address and email before they will proceed.

Another ploy is to tell you that they have unsubscribed you
- only for you to discover that they have left you subscribed
to some subsidiary company you probably didn't know existed.

Yet another ploy is to arrange that the company website
"... is having technical difficulties or is no longer available.."
(although apparently still perfectly capable of sending out
the company's email advertisements).

I suggest we should be able to set a flag in our operating
systems that, if set, prevented advertisers from downloading
their bumpf.

Any one agree ?

Jim Hawkins