How are people on LinkedIn getting my work email?

If a member has uploaded his or her contacts list to LinkedIn (i.e. synced to email), and you appear on that list (because you’ve emailed each other off-LinkedIn), LinkedIn may display your profile in Connections, or via the People You May Know feature, to encourage that member to connect with you.

Does LinkedIn automatically request?

So, in answer to your question, LinkedIn doesn’t send you a connection request that wasn’t somehow requested or authorized by the person you are being asked to connect to. It happens if you have granted the permission to access your contacts (which has a phone numbers and/or emails).

Why do I get LinkedIn emails?

By default, you’ll get email messages whenever you receive an invitation or LinkedIn message from another user, when there are notifications about your network or activities, security messages from Linked in, and so on. If you visit the site even occasionally, there’s no need be notified about all this via email.

Can you block LinkedIn invitations?

You can control who can send you invitations from the Communications section of your Settings & Privacy page. To access your invitations, click the My Network icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.

Is LinkedIn email a spam?

But beware: unlike with email, there is no spam filter at LinkedIn. If scammers find a way to connect with you, they have an easy way to send you email via LinkedIn.

How does LinkedIn send invitations to contacts?

When a LinkedIn member creates an invitation from their list of contacts LinkedIn will automatically send the invitation to the listed email address. First, the LinkedIn system will check the LinkedIn database to see whether or not the email address is associated with an existing LinkedIn member account.

Do I have to accept every LinkedIn invite?

Moral of this story: You don’t have to accept every invite. If one comes in to an address you don’t want LinkedIn to recognize as yours, don’t accept it. Use your recognized email to send the person a note, asking them to resend the request to the correct email, and simply delete the other.

What happens if the email address is not associated with LinkedIn?

If, on the other hand, the email address is not associated with any LinkedIn member account, LinkedIn will still send out the invitation through regular email. The invitation will be seen only as an inbound email message in the recipient’s email client and not as a regular inbound invitation.

What do I do if someone doesn’t accept my LinkedIn requests?

If one comes in to an address you don’t want LinkedIn to recognize as yours, don’t accept it. Use your recognized email to send the person a note, asking them to resend the request to the correct email, and simply delete the other.