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Uh oh. I created an "unsubscribe" filter a while ago to get rid of spam. It's been great for keeping my inbox clean but I just don't see stuff with an unsubscribe line anymore.

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It's not a good idea to manually create filters that 100% block. You can't think of all the special cases like this.

Exactly, especially based on an not-so-unique word

Doing a quick search on my inbox, there are some relevant emails containing the word 'unsubscribe'

I just filter it into a separate folder and skip the inbox but I've definitely missed some emails because of it.

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