How to Stop Newsletter Spam

Newsletters are death by a thousand cuts. The fix is upstream: don't give them a permanent target.

The system

1. To read one gated article or grab one lead magnet, use a disposable address.
2. Get the content; the inbox expires.
3. If you genuinely want ongoing updates, then subscribe with an alias you can mute later.

For newsletters you already get

Unsubscribe from the legit ones and filter the rest. Don't click "unsubscribe" on true spam — here's why.

Control the address, control the flood.