Linkedin confusion

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  Wolfsheadish Posts: 10,400

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  03/04/16 - 05:23 #2

  5hane wrote: »

  Hi
  
  I've recieved a linkedin email request from someone. I have no interest in Linkedin so decided to hit the unsubscribe from receiving linkedin emails button. The problem is I am taken to a link to sign into Linkedin, which I obviously can't do as im not a member.
  I don't understand why I need to sign into an account I don't have in order to stop receiving Linkedin junk.
  
  Does anyone here know why I need to sign into a nonexistent account to stop receiving emails?

  
  Don't hit the unsubscribe button, it's one of the ways you let phishers know they've hit an active address. Just ignore them.

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  5hane Posts: 2,385

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  03/04/16 - 08:21 #3

  Wolfsheadish wrote: »

  Don't hit the unsubscribe button, it's one of the ways you let phishers know they've hit an active address. Just ignore them.

  
  Hi. True. Thanks

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  platelet Posts: 26,386

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  03/04/16 - 09:41 #4

  5hane wrote: »

  I don't understand why I need to sign into an account I don't have in order to stop receiving Linkedin junk.

  
  Linkedin have many flavours of junk. They probably use a standard footer on all their emails that contains the unsubscribe link that requires sign in - but for non members the page it should take you to is this one:
  https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/guest-email-unsubscribe
  
  If a member connects up their gmail, outlook etc - linkedin will give them the option to spam their contacts (it phrases it better but that's the gist of it). Or someone using the site could have just typed your email address in to send an invite. Giving them your email on the link above should stop that.
  
  If it's just the one however I wouldn't bother. And if you don't trust them with your email adress - just flag the mails as spam

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