Editing Mailing list (section)

==Listwashing==
Listwashing is the process through which individual entries in mailing lists are to be removed.<ref name=Clueless>{{cite news |publisher=[[InfoWorld]]
|magazine=The Gripe Line
  |url=https://www.infoworld.com/article/2639419/reader-voices--aol-clueless-ones.html
  |title=Reader Voices: AOL Clueless Ones |author=Ed Foster |date=October 5, 2007
|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218192719/https://www.infoworld.com/article/2639419/reader-voices--aol-clueless-ones.html |archive-date= Dec 18, 2023 }}</ref> These mailing lists typically contain [[email]] addresses or phone numbers
<ref>in the United States, via the Federal DO-NOT-CALL registry, 888-382-1222</ref> of those that have not voluntarily subscribed. Only complainers are removed via this process. Because most of those that have not voluntarily subscribed stay on the list, this helps [[spam (electronic)|spam]]mers to maintain a low-complaint list of spammable email addresses. [[Internet service provider]]s who forward complaints to the spamming party are often seen as assisting the [[spam (electronic)|spam]]mer in list washing, or, in short, helping spammers. Most legitimate list holders provide their customers with listwashing and data deduplication service regularly for no charge or a small fee.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}