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[Yuval Levy <ubuntu08@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 04/21/2014 03:16 PM, Andrew Kvalheim wrote:
> While it is mildly amusing to explore interpretations of
> "Bug, I'd like to add you to my professional network,"

how about: "lonely developer looking for most challenging bug to develop
a long term professional relationship?"  sorry, I'm in the mood
(procrastinating exams preparation) and could not resist.


> I'd rather these not pollute my interactions with Launchpad

Seconded.


> It evidently is possible to preemptively opt out of email
> communications from LinkedIn [2]. I'd like to propose that Launchpad
> administrators negotiate an opt out on behalf of all of Launchpad's
> email gateways.
> 
> Is this something you'd want?

Is it even necessary to contact LinkedIn?  AFAIK these mails are easy to
filter.  Launchpad's email gateways administrators can simply:
(a) blacklist the SMTP servers (which I am pretty confident are used for
these bulk mails only)
(b) filter those messages based on their headers (and maybe there is
even an unsubscribe header that can be triggered programmatically)
(c) identify which Launchpad user has triggered the spam and offer them
free FaceBoogs membership ;-)

cheers,
Yuv

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