diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index 9843c62..7bc945c 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-{
+{
   "manifest_version": 3,
   "name": "Mailsuite Signature Stripper",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.2.1",
   "description": "Removes the Mailsuite/Mailtrack promotional signature from your outgoing Gmail messages. Read tracking keeps working.",
   "permissions": ["storage"],
   "host_permissions": ["https://mail.google.com/*"],
diff --git a/src/detect.js b/src/detect.js
index 76f1112..f7577fe 100644
--- a/src/detect.js
+++ b/src/detect.js
@@ -60,6 +60,33 @@
 
   const UNSUB = /unsubscribe|opt[-\s]?out|darse de baja|se désabonner|abmelden|annulla iscrizione|cancelar subscri|wypisz|取消訂閱|配信停止|수신 거부|सदस्यता समाप्त/i;
 
+  /* Mailsuite writes the campaign unsubscribe URL as a placeholder and only
+     substitutes it when a Campaign actually goes out. An ordinary one-to-one
+     signature carries the placeholder verbatim:
+
+       <a href="https://##mt_unsubscribe_link##">Opt out</a>
+
+     which is a dead link, not a recipient's unsubscribe. */
+  const CAMPAIGN_PLACEHOLDER = '##mt_unsubscribe_link##';
+
+  /**
+   * Whether the block carries a real, working unsubscribe link.
+   *
+   * Matching on the words alone was wrong and made the extension useless on the
+   * two most common signature variants. Both 17 and 18 render an
+   * "Unsubscribe" / "Opt out" link into every ordinary email, so a text match
+   * refused to delete almost every signature there is. What matters is whether
+   * the link actually goes anywhere.
+   */
+  const hasLiveUnsubscribe = (block) => {
+    for (const a of block.querySelectorAll('a')) {
+      const href = a.getAttribute('href') || '';
+      if (!href || href.includes(CAMPAIGN_PLACEHOLDER)) continue;
+      if (UNSUB.test(a.textContent || '') || /unsub|opt-?out/i.test(href)) return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+
   const PUNCTUATION = /[\s .,;:·|—–()[\]-]/g;
 
   /** A link out to Mailsuite's own site, which is what the signature always is. */
@@ -165,7 +192,7 @@
 
   /** Shared teardown: keep the beacon, close the gap, drop the block. */
   const removeBlock = (block, root, keepUnsubscribe) => {
-    if (keepUnsubscribe && UNSUB.test(block.textContent || '')) return false;
+    if (keepUnsubscribe && hasLiveUnsubscribe(block)) return false;
     /* Trim first. rescueBeacons parks the pixel immediately before the block,
        which would otherwise stop trimBefore seeing the blank line above it. */
     trimBefore(block);
@@ -207,6 +234,8 @@
     SIGNATURE_MARKERS,
     PHRASES,
     UNSUB,
+    CAMPAIGN_PLACEHOLDER,
+    hasLiveUnsubscribe,
     markedBlocks,
     promoAnchor,
     looksLikeBeacon,
diff --git a/test/detect.test.js b/test/detect.test.js
index 2b03665..bd1d025 100644
--- a/test/detect.test.js
+++ b/test/detect.test.js
@@ -187,6 +187,60 @@ test('a beacon inside the real signature survives it', () => {
   assert.equal(root.querySelectorAll('img[src*="/trace/mail/"]').length, 1);
 });
 
+/*
+ * Captured verbatim from a live Gmail compose window, Mailsuite 12.87.0,
+ * signature version 18. Note the opt-out href is the unsubstituted campaign
+ * placeholder, so it is a dead link, not a recipient's unsubscribe.
+ */
+const CAPTURED_V18 = `<div id="mt-signature" contenteditable="false" g_editable="false">
+        <table border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0" contenteditable="false" g_editable="false" data-signature-template="senderNotified" data-signature-version="18" style="user-select: none;">
+            <tbody><tr style="display:flex;">
+                <td style="padding:0 4px 0 0">
+                    <img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/mailtrack-signature/logo-grey.png" alt="Mailsuite" class="mt-no-pointer-events" width="24" height="20" g_editable="false">
+                </td>
+                <td style="padding:0 10px 0 0">
+                    <span style="color:#333;font-size:12px">Sender notified with Mailtrack &nbsp;·&nbsp; <a href="https://##mt_unsubscribe_link##" target="_blank" style="color:#666">Opt out</a></span><br>
+                </td>
+                <td><span style="color: transparent; font-size: 0;">08/08/26, 10:33:25 PM</span></td>
+                <td class="mt-remove-signature-button-container" style="padding:4px 0 0 0">
+                    <div class="mt-remove-signature-button center" g_editable="false">
+                      <button class="mt-remove" style="display:none;"><span style="color: #E55A50">Remove</span></button>
+                    </div>
+                </td>
+            </tr>
+        </tbody></table>
+    </div>`;
+
+test('removes the captured live v18 signature, Opt out link and all', () => {
+  const root = compose('<div>testing</div>' + CAPTURED_V18);
+
+  assert.equal(detect.scrubRoot(root), 1, 'default settings must remove it');
+  assert.equal(root.querySelector('#mt-signature'), null);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(root.textContent, /Sender notified with Mailtrack/);
+  assert.match(root.textContent, /testing/);
+});
+
+test('the campaign placeholder is not mistaken for a live unsubscribe', () => {
+  const root = compose(CAPTURED_V18);
+  const block = root.querySelector('#mt-signature');
+
+  assert.equal(
+    detect.hasLiveUnsubscribe(block),
+    false,
+    'href is the unsubstituted placeholder, so the link goes nowhere',
+  );
+  assert.equal(detect.UNSUB.test(block.textContent), true, 'the words are still there, which is why matching on text was wrong');
+});
+
+test('a real campaign unsubscribe is still protected', () => {
+  const real = CAPTURED_V18.replace('https://##mt_unsubscribe_link##', 'https://mailsuite.com/unsubscribe/9f2a1c');
+  const block = compose(real).querySelector('#mt-signature');
+  assert.equal(detect.hasLiveUnsubscribe(block), true);
+
+  assert.equal(detect.scrubRoot(compose(real), { keepUnsubscribe: true }), 0, 'kept by default');
+  assert.equal(detect.scrubRoot(compose(real), { keepUnsubscribe: false }), 1, 'removed when told to');
+});
+
 test('catches the signature after Gmail has prefixed the id', () => {
   /* Gmail rewrites ids when it renders or quotes a message, which is why
      Mailsuite ships its own un-prefixing helper. */