Unsubscan
Productivity
email cleanup
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How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 2 critical, out of 5 comments about the project. Thread score -0.14.
Idea: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for clearing out mailing list emails; maker's inbox quieted after use
From 1 comment
I think it depends on how far gone the particular email account is. I ran this against my entire mail history roughly a week ago, unsubscribed from everything I didn't want, and…
bsnnkv on HN
Offline, locally run approach seen as reasonable
From 2 comments
Offline - to the author - means thats its not a SaaS tool normal locally run software It also only gives you a web page of the links to then hit on your own, or with another script
yieldcrv on HNIt is an offline tool that scans a directory of archived emails and returns all the found unsubscribed links. This seems reasonable.
creativenolo on HN
Objections
Unsubscribing can confirm a live address and increase its resale value to spammers
From 1 comment
This looks like a double edged sword. Legit businesses may honor the unsubscribe request but all the dodgy people will see this as confirmation of a live account increasing its…
LinuxBender on HN
Not all links are one-click unsubscribe; some need extra steps
From 1 comment
If you are brave enough, you can loop through the optional JSON output with jq and then curl every link found. However, I do not recommend doing this blindly without first making…
bsnnkv on HN
Questions
Does Gmail offer a way to unsubscribe from many emails at once?
From 1 comment
Semi related - does Gmail have a way to hit unsubscribes en masse? At the moment it is possible if you select many emails and “Report as Spam”, if there is an unsub link you can…
joshschreuder on HN
Alternatives named
Thunderbird for exporting Gmail mail to EML files
From 1 comment
My semi-related suggestion: Even if you don't use it now, download Thunderbird (you can delete it after), add your Gmail account, then once it has synced, select all the messages…
bsnnkv on HN