Your "Unsubscribe Opportunity" appears to be thinly veiled spam

[Beeesneees]

Joel's message clarified the situation, thanks.
My reference was about those who followed the double opt-in system but then chose to unsubscribe from all e-mail messaging. They were also unable to unsubscribe from this new list by one single click.
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[Torsten]

It affects only those people who have never received any emails from us before. As Joel has explained, we want to build a list with email addresses of people who don't want to receive any email from us. Those subscribers to the double-opt-in list have always been able to leave the list by clicking the unsubscribe link contained in every single email they have received from us.

TOEFL listening lectures: Which country was not an important cotton grower in the 19th century?

[Beeesneees]

That's not correct - based on my own experiences.

I chose to leave the original 'double opt-in' list by clicking the unsubscribe link when I first joined the forum, but the one click option would not work for me on the latest mail. I've had to send an e-mail requesting to be unsubscribed from the new list.
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[Torsten]

So, how many emails did you receive from us between the time you unsubscribed after joining the forum and now the unsubscribe opportunity mailing?

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture by a professor of Art History

[Beeesneees]

That's irrelevant to the point I am making (or trying to make but obviously not succeeding very well). You seem to be sensing more criticism than is meant.
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[Torsten]

Calling our mailshot 'thinly veiled spam' is quite a lot of criticism that lacks objectivity and truth.

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture by a professor of Social History

[Beeesneees]

That was not my comment, though I can see that this is how it comes over, albeit accidentally, because the link defaults to the 'shop' page.
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[Esl_Expert]

I see my post stirred things up a bit, to say the least. My post was intended to accurately reflect the feeling I got when the "unsubscribe" link did not work, and instead seemed to be designed as a way to force me to visit a shopping site. I would have felt the same way no matter what website had sent that sort of thing.

I typically get anywhere from 200 to 500 work-related e-mails a week in addition to all the spam ones. The very last thing I need is more unsolicited e-mail.

I understand better what was behind that e-mail now. Thanks. But I also still firmly believe that the "unsubscribe" link ought to be fixed.

Last but not least, it has been my experience here on this site that sometimes the only way to get someone's attention about things in need of repair is to be the "squeaky wheel". ;-)

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[Mister Micawber]

I must have unsubcribed by accident. I missed any notification of this thread after my own post.
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[Alan]

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Hi,

Never regarded you. Amy as a "squeaky wheel" but it does explain a lot!

Alan
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