A Newsletter Detox With a Review Page First

Premise

Turn newsletter cleanup into a two-phase job: an HTML page you can review quickly, followed by a slow, logged unsubscribe run.

Setup

1. Connect the inbox and choose a six-month review window.
2. Create a writable local folder for review.html and progress.md.
3. Review every proposed keep and unsubscribe classification.
4. Start execution only after returning an approved sender list.

Boundaries

• The audit changes nothing, and the execution never deletes email.
• Login requests, suspicious pages, and broken flows are marked for manual handling.

Build detox/review.html with two sections: “consider keeping” and “unsubscribe.” For every sender show address, frequency, approximate last open, and a one-line classification reason. Share the file and stop.

Begin phase two only after I return an approved list. Process a few senders per session using standard List-Unsubscribe or the official footer link. After each attempt update detox/progress.md with sender, method, date, status, and notes.

Never delete messages, enter credentials, reply to unsubscribe, or force a suspicious flow. Mark those cases needs-me. Recheck completed senders after one week and flag any that still send.

Phase one is audit-only. Review six months of mail for recurring newsletters and promotional senders. Exclude receipts, invoices, security notices, account operations, and other transactional messages.