"Let the FTC know if a "remove me" request is not honored. If you want to complain about a removal link that doesn't work or not being able to unsubcribe from a list, you can fill out the FTC's online complaint form at www.ftc.gov*. Your complaint will be added to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel database and made available to hundreds of law enforcement and consumer protection agencies."

***Sorry Khai, I should have re-read this before I answered.
It doesn't say TO use it..  I think it means if you do use it and it doesn't work, this is what you can do.
Believe me, there are lots and lots of ppl on the internet who do use them...that's why the spammers still use them.
Newbies to the net still  have to learn the ropes...and sometimes that means learning the hard way.
I've been online since before windows 95 and I've learned lots of things the hard way,  :D

Anyway there are still honest mailing lists etc...who do remove you if you go there..especially home shopping pages who send you catalogs and art places and others who send you newsletters...so other ppl besides spammers use those "remove me" links.**

 

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[Stuart Chase]