It is annoying, but different sides and people are merging newsletters and rss. You’ll still get the mailing lists’ new normally unwanted different emails, but at least it will be contained so easier to squash and won’t hit your actual email.

> Just FYI that's why I (and I assume the OP)

Exactly, whenever I see "newsletter" I think spam.

Because clearly your content isn't good enough that people will come back on their own.