Launchpad itself

please block bulk mail (quasi spam) from linkedin

Bug #520625 reported by Martin Pool
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This bug affects 6 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Launchpad itself
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

Linkedin is one of several services that likes to send mail to every address in a user's address book. For example,

https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bzr/+bug/413291/comments/13
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/software-center/+bug/685124/comments/3

Hopefully they put a header on their mail and we can just drop it.

See original description
Gary Poster (gary)
Changed in launchpad-foundations:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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Max Bowsher (maxb) wrote :

Or, just block mails which begin with "I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn."

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Martin Pool (mbp) wrote : Re: [Bug 520625] Re: please block bulk mail (quasi spam) from linkedin

One way to fix this would be:
 * finish the incoming-mail feature flag scope work
 * add a flag whether mail is accepted or not
 * drop/reject mail from linkedin (but not from linkedin staff,
obviously), or perhaps 'bulk' mail (if it's flagged as such)

Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
description: updated
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Andrew (andrewkvalheim) wrote :

It might be easier to just ask LinkedIn to stop rather than commit to maintaining yet another technical feature. The opt-out process is described here:

    https://help.linkedin.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/426/

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