# Workflow to automatically opt-out competitors

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656>\
**Category:** Lists, Lead Scoring & Workflows\
**Created:** [October 23, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656 "2017-10-23T16:00:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![garystockton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/garystockton/32/77556_2.png) [@garystockton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/garystockton)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656/1 "2017-10-23T16:00:11Z")

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I would like to automatically opt-out any person who has an email address ending in the domain of my primary competitors. Is there an easy way to do this in Hubspot?

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**Author:** ![bradmin](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/bradmin/32/56633_2.png) [@bradmin](https://community.hubspot.com/u/bradmin)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656/2 "2017-10-23T19:20:00Z")

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Hi, @garystockton. You won’t be able to fully automate this, as it won’t be possible to use a HubSpot workflow to set the email opt-out status - that property can’t be manipulated via a workflow. (Alternately, if you’re only looking for visibility of this use case going forward, a HubSpot workflow would be viable to notify an internal team when a new contact is created with this use case.)

Instead, it may be easier to build a smart list of people with competitors’ email domains in their addresses, but are not opted-out. You can export this list periodically and import it back into HubSpot as opt-outs.

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**Author:** ![garystockton](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/garystockton/32/77556_2.png) [@garystockton](https://community.hubspot.com/u/garystockton)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2017, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656/3 "2017-10-23T20:20:38Z")

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I like your suggestion and will implement it that way. Cheers.

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**Author:** ![mbfolger](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mbfolger/32/14279_2.png) [@mbfolger](https://community.hubspot.com/u/mbfolger)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2018, 9:22pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656/4 "2018-08-16T21:22:09Z")

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You can also block competitor email domains on the email field in forms too. This has been effective for keeping them out of our database. I also use a smart list that looks for email domain and company and keep a workflow running to set the lead status to trash, then add them to a master suppression list for emails and workflows.

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**Author:** ![qturner1](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/qturner1/32/61905_2.png) [@qturner1](https://community.hubspot.com/u/qturner1)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2019, 4:59pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/workflow-to-automatically-opt-out-competitors/3656/5 "2019-01-16T16:59:17Z")

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Hi @mbfolger do you mind sharing the process to do this? It looks to be beneficial for keeping competitors out.