RECLAIM YOUR INBOX.

10.29.09

This is not the week to cross my inbox. I declared this week UNSUBSCRIBE WEEK, bought myself a pound of Starbucks coffee to celebrate, and have been burning the midnight oil on projects while pausing to unsubscribe to everything imaginable.

You bought my e-mail address from a major photographic industry convention? Unsubscribe.

You promised there wouldn’t be followup e-mails for that free trial, but there are? Unsubscribe.

You’ve been e-mailing me for 2 years after I purchased a small item from you? Unsubscribe.

Your catalog is eyecandy, but your e-mails are lame? Unsubscribe.

Unless I know you, love you, or actually do business with you, it’s UNSUBSCRIBE for you! Likewise, if you annoy me on Twitter — UNFOLLOW! Spam me with Facebook invites? BLOCK!

Since I spend much of each day online, and I have lots to do, I simply don’t have time for these affronts to my inbox.

Won’t you join me in reclaiming your inbox as your own? Unsubscribe, unfollow, and block with abandon!

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Ryan - November 3, 2009 - 5:14 pm

Love this! I have just recently started to unsubscribe to almost everything. Glad to see I am not alone.

Michelle - November 3, 2009 - 4:20 pm

I've been doing this too. However somehow I ended up getting emails from Xanga. I've marked them as Junk in my imac email program but they still come through. I've tried unsubing but they make it impossible. How can I block them from ever coming through again? Help!!

Jenny J - November 2, 2009 - 7:41 pm

UNBUSRIDE! (what my old co-workers used to call it).

I just happened to detach myself from two newsletters this morning. Going to see what else I can free up…

Travis - November 1, 2009 - 8:28 am

Sorry for the typos- should have proof read it in my phone.

Travis - November 1, 2009 - 8:27 am

I had a really serious issue with emails bei g filtered in my gmail account- losing all client inquiries and such- I didn’t realize it bu I had created about 15 folders and messages were skipping my inbox and being marked read and everything crazy. I then thought to myself- why did I ever set up such a system? Why not unsubscribe and if I ever needed information. Then just go to their website and look for it. So now I deleted all my filters and any email list mail I get, I actually look at it and if I don’t like it them zap- unsubscribe.
NOTE: don’t unsubscribe to messages in your spam box- to them that only confirms that you exist- and they will send you more mail.

muyiwa - October 31, 2009 - 1:10 pm

I actually maintain a separate email address for signups and things that are likely to be nonsensical. I rarely check that box – really only then I am sent a password for logging in, and that's about it. That's also the same email address I give to friends who seem to have nothing better to do than forward silly emails.

Lydia - October 31, 2009 - 4:17 am

I've been doing this a lot lately. I just don't have time to deal with the unnecessary! I've gotten so bad that I've been going through my spam list and clicking all their "unsubscribe" links just to try to cut down on seeing the number on my spam folder go up so high every day…

Rebecca - October 30, 2009 - 12:20 am

Love this!

erika - October 29, 2009 - 3:36 pm

I've been doing that as well! So many companies email EVERY day and it drives me crazy!

caroline - October 29, 2009 - 1:55 pm

A friend and I just signed up for a Photoshop seminar a few weeks ago. I have gotten advertisements from them at least once a week since, and once I even got two ads on one day! And completely untargeted to boot (I'm taking the advanced seminar, and you're trying to sell me on learning Microsoft Office? Really?)

How do they not realize that they're never going to get any more money out of me, ever ever again? The only reason I haven't unsubscribed yet, is that it's the same email they use to send me info about the thing I actually signed up for. As soon as that seminar's over though, it's goodbye spam.