[Ham-Computers] LINKEDIN email address

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Is there any way to tell whether an invite was sent by Linkedin or actually 
sent by the person whose name appears?

And back to my original question, has anyone found a way to change their 
email address that Linkedin is using?

In a message dated 07/13/2016 07:32:40 AM Central Daylight Time, 
ad5pe at sbcglobal.net writes: 
> Sounds like they've cleaned things up some.
> 
> There still appears to be no way to opt out, though.  The unsubscribe link 
> throws an error if you're not a member.
> 
> 
> Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device
> 
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: KD7JYK DM09 <
> kd7jyk at earthlink.net> </div><div>Date:07/12/2016  11:46 PM  (GMT-06:00) </div><
> div>To: "Computers (or other) used for amateur radio, communications,    or 
> experimenting" <ham-computers at mailman.qth.net> </div><div>Cc:  </div><div>
> Subject: Re: [Ham-Computers] LINKEDIN email address </div><div>
> </div>: LinkedIn uses a nasty business model.  They invite new users to 
> "invite"
> all
> : their friends to also join (by default) - and hide this in their signup 
> so
> : most new users have no idea they can say "no thanks".  And if they don't
> : find that switch, it emails everyone in their contacts.
> 
> Actually, it's a big popup right at signup, so you know it's there, same
> with Facebook, MySpace, et cetera.  People, by "default" not knowing what
> this choice is, take the easy route and click "OK" and don't think what it
> means to the rest of the world down the road, nor do they realize that by
> having their e-mail client save addresses by default, the problems it can
> cause when they join LinkedIn and click the find friends option five or 
> ten
> years in the future.  That's a big address book they've told a website to
> scan.
> 
> I received a legitimate e-mail this afternoon, but I also receive 
> non-legit
> invites through a-mail address only associated with e-mail forums such as
> Yahoo and QTH.net.  All e-mail have the option to opt out of further 
> contact
> online or via contacting customer support, whether it's through my
> "business" e-mail address, or different addresses through groups:
> 
> From this afternoon, note the unsubscribe option in this plain text cut 
> and
> paste and option to contact customer service:
> 
> "You are receiving Activity
> You Missed emails.
> Unsubscribe
> 
> This email was intended for ---- ------- (Owner, ---- ------------).
> 
> Learn why we included this.
> If you need assistance or have questions, please
> contact LinkedIn Customer Service."
> 
> Kurt
> 
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