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 ====== Handling Suspicious Email Messages and Spam ======
-The two best ways to reduce the amount of unwanted email in your inbox is to report spam messages and unsubscribe from mailing lists you are not interested in. Gmail can even automatically unsubscribe you from messages you mark as spam.
+The two best ways to reduce the amount of unwanted email in your inbox is to report spam messages and unsubscribe from mailing lists you are not interested in. Gmail will try to automatically unsubscribe you from messages you mark as spam.
-The open nature of the global email system is a double-edged sword―by nature it allows any person or company to communicate with anyone else. The drawback is that sender's do not always have good intentions. When reading email, you should always question the sender's intentions. Consider the following when reading email (particularly unsolicited email):
+The open nature of the global email system is a double-edged sword. By nature it allows any person or company to communicate with anyone else. The drawback is that sender's do not always have good intentions. When reading email, you should always question the sender's intentions. This article serves as a guide on email safety.
 ===== Is this email actually from who it says it is? =====
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 ===== Unsubscribing from marketing messages =====
-Often marketing messages will give you the option of unsubscribing from their list. If the "spam" message is from a company you've previously dealt with, you may want to remove yourself from their mailing list by unsubscribing. According to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003|CAN-SPAM Act]], email marketers are required to provide you with an option to unsubscribe from their messages. You should apply this method **only** to messages in your inbox. Messages in your spam folder are more likely to contain malicious links.
+Often marketing messages will give you the option of unsubscribing from their list. If the "spam" message is from a company you've previously dealt with, you may want to remove yourself from their mailing list by unsubscribing. According to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003|CAN-SPAM Act]], email marketers are required to provide you with an option to unsubscribe from their messages. You should apply this method **only** to messages in your inbox from companies you recognize. Messages in your spam folder are more likely to contain malicious links.
-Read the message and search for an //unsubscribe// or //update subscription// link—usually at the bottom of the mail. Visiting that link will allow you to opt out of future mailings from that company.
+It is always safest to mark messages as spam. Especially if:
-  * If you cannot find a way to unsubscribe, report the message as spam.
-  * If you unsubscribe from a company's mailings and continue to receive them, mark the messages as spam.
+  * You have never dealt with the company directly.
+  * If you cannot find a way to unsubscribe.
+  * If you unsubscribe from a company's mailings and continue to receive them.
+Read the message and search for an //unsubscribe// or //update subscription// link—usually at the bottom of the mail. Visiting that link will allow you to opt out of future mailings from that company.