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• Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes you are wise. I have a couple gifts ordered from companies who have decided to bombard me with spam, but I need to track the order until it arrives and then I can block them.

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  • Chronographs@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You can usually unsubscribe from the marketing emails and still get the tracking notifications if you don’t want to wait

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    • Kuma@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Just to add to this. Having a unsubscribe link in emails is a common way to trick ppl into clicking links, so if you do not know where the email comes from then just block it.

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  • frongt@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    If they give you a standard tracking number just slap it into www.packagetrackr.com and call it a day

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  • Passerby6497@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I just make judicious use of filters, especially if I don’t know if the company will honor the unsubscribe preference or just use that to confirm my email.

    I have a number of emails and strings in filters that are an automatic delete because so many companies fucking spam shit constantly.

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