Unfilterable emails from Twitter
By
Dave Winer on Friday, June 22, 2012 at 11:15 AM.
![](http://scripting.com/images/2011/11/29/blank.gif) A few weeks ago Twitter started sending emails saying so-and-so has tweets for you. Problem is, I've created an enormous number of Twitter accounts over the years, most of which are long-forgotten, that follow no one. So presumably their robots have no way of knowing what this non-existent entity likes. So I get the dregs. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
There is no news there that I am remotely interested in. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
News about super celebs, TV stars, famous athletes. Mostly grunts and snorts and news that I've already read. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Normally I'd just create a filter and map it to the trash, and that would be that. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
But they haven't put any identitying info on the email that makes it filterable. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
Ooops. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
PS: My solution for now is to click the Spam button in GMail, training it, I hope, to view these messages as unwelcome advertising. ![permalink](http://scripting.com/images/2001/09/20/sharpPermaLink3.gif)
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