How to get off snail-mail mailing lists?
Matthew Bowen Harrington
I seem to be on a mailing list that is being sold. Is it possible to
stop receiving so much junk snail-mail?
Matt
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Matt Harrington ma...@sbl.salk.edu
The Salk Institute http://sbl.salk.edu/~matt
San Diego, CA
Ron DuFresne
: I get so much junk mail from computer sales reps. It's outta control.
: I seem to be on a mailing list that is being sold. Is it possible to
: stop receiving so much junk snail-mail?
hehehe!!! Even death won't do the trick...
Later,
Ron DuFresne
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eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the
business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation."
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OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
Alan McKay
>Matthew Bowen Harrington (ma...@perutz.salk.edu) wrote:
>: I get so much junk mail from computer sales reps. It's outta control.
>: I seem to be on a mailing list that is being sold. Is it possible to
>: stop receiving so much junk snail-mail?
>hehehe!!! Even death won't do the trick...
In Canada, there is an address in Ottawa that you can write to and ask
to not recieve junk mail. All junk-mailers in Canada have to check their
names against this central database, and are not allowed to send mail
to anyone who's requested not to get any.
Sorry, but I don't have the address.
-Alan
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Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
Robert Bonomi
Alan McKay <al...@dragon.acadiau.ca> wrote:
>dufr...@winternet.com (Ron DuFresne) writes:
>
>>Matthew Bowen Harrington (ma...@perutz.salk.edu) wrote:
>>: I get so much junk mail from computer sales reps. It's outta control.
>>: I seem to be on a mailing list that is being sold. Is it possible to
>>: stop receiving so much junk snail-mail?
>
>
>>hehehe!!! Even death won't do the trick...
>
>In Canada, there is an address in Ottawa that you can write to and ask
>to not recieve junk mail. All junk-mailers in Canada have to check their
>names against this central database, and are not allowed to send mail
>to anyone who's requested not to get any.
>
>Sorry, but I don't have the address.
>
There *is* a similiar 'clearing-house' in the U.S., too. Applies *only*
to stuff sent by 'bulk-rate' mail, tho. So, somebody can still send you
'unwanted' stuff, but they have to pay more for the priveledge. :((
And, like Alan, I don't have the 'magic' address handy.
Reece Hart
> I get so much junk mail from computer sales reps. It's outta control.
> I seem to be on a mailing list that is being sold. Is it possible to
> stop receiving so much junk snail-mail?
I'm a packrat for such things...
1) TRW (the credit reporting agency) does prescreen programs for
credit cards, etc. You can ask to be removed from their list by
sending your full name and current address to:
Consumer Opt-Out Service
TRW Credit Marketing
PO Box 919
Allen, TX 75002
or
800-353-0809
2) Send full name and address to the following marketing service:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
11 West 42nd Street, PO Box 3861
New York, New York 10163-3861
*) And as an added bonus, you also get this free tidbit: How to get a
/free/ credit report (1 per year). Send:
last name, first name, middle initial
present address
previous addresses (within last 5 years)
date of birth
social security number
address verification (photocopy of driver's license, utility bill, etc.)
send to:
TRW
P.O. Box 2350
Chatsworth, CA 91313-2350
-- Reece
Reece Kimball Hart | email: re...@dasher.wustl.edu
Biophysics & Biochemistry, Box 8231 | WWW: http://dasher.wustl.edu/~reece/
Washington Univ. School of Medicine | Phone: (314) 362-4198 (lab)
660 South Euclid | -7183 (fax)
St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (USA) | PGP public key available by finger & WWW
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Reece Kimball Hart | email: re...@dasher.wustl.edu
Biophysics & Biochemistry, Box 8231 | WWW: http://dasher.wustl.edu/~reece/
Washington Univ. School of Medicine | Phone: (314) 362-4198 (lab)
660 South Euclid | -7183 (fax)
St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (USA) | PGP public key available by finger & WWW
ne...@nelm.loc.gov
>2) Send full name and address to the following marketing service:
>Mail Preference Service
>Direct Marketing Association
>11 West 42nd Street, PO Box 3861
>New York, New York 10163-3861
>
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P. O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008
p.s. Be sure to include all spellings of your name and address.
Nigel