Whenever I login to LinkedIn I get "emails aren't getting through to your main email address".

1. That's by design, because you spammed the shit out of it. 2. Given that all I do is send them to /dev/null, HOW DO YOU KNOW?

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mnw21cam 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

They're checking to see whether any of the links they put in the emails are being fetched from their servers. It's stupid, but it works for most people.

I had a similar situation with SMS messages that were being sent to me with links informing me of status updates. These texts were useful, and I would go over to my real computer to check the web site. Then after a few days the text messages said "It looks like these messages aren't getting through to you, so we'll stop sending them." Which is also stupid, but it works for most people that load the web site on their phone from the SMS link. God help you if you have a dumb-phone.

	▲	Sharlin 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		You don't need the recipient to actually click on any visible link. Tracking pixels are the oldest trick in the book.

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direwolf20 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Probably tracking pixels in the emails

	▲	dwedge an hour ago \| parent [-]
		So they'd miss it anyway, my mail client is firewalled to only be able to access the mailserver. I've been unsubscribed from a handful of newsletters because I don't read them. I replied to one and told them I did, even reached out on Twitter, but they still deleted me.