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June 14, 2005
I tried stopping junk mail and it sort of worked
The Direct Marketing Association has a cheesy looking website (ok, so my site isn't exactly the slickest), and it didn't give me that warm fuzzy feeling that it was going to work when I signed up for their junk mail removal service.
Still, I filled out the form, mailed it in about 3 months ago, and I'd have to say my mailbox is looking a whole lot emptier. It actually worked.
This is a good thing that the volume has been cut down, because my mail carrier enjoys cramming, folding, and shredding our mail into the little box and the more junk mail he puts in the box means the more the occasional postcard or letter from my mom gets ruined.
The problem now is that when I fill out forms on websites (big mistake) I don't usually put in my real name if I don't have to and invariably my fake name and real address get sent out to marketers, so now I get a lot of junk mail for Brian Fakir, Art Vandeleigh, and Steve Kerr. The form linked above only works for a specific name, not a general address - so it sort of works.
Posted by brian at June 14, 2005 08:20 PM

