Return-Path: Received: from RI.CMU.EDU by K.GP.CS.CMU.EDU id aa09666; 7 Aug 96 19:33:45 EDT Received: from GS213.SP.CS.CMU.EDU by RI.CMU.EDU id aa23884; 7 Aug 96 19:32:00 EDT Received: by GS213.SP.CS.CMU.EDU (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA16256; Wed, 7 Aug 1996 19:31:55 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 19:31:55 -0400 Message-Id: <9608072331.AA16256@GS213.SP.CS.CMU.EDU> From: Darrell Kindred To: Usenet post Cc: bovik@cs.cmu.edu, mootaz+@cs.cmu.edu Subject: Re: Help! [avoiding junk mail] Newsgroups: cmu.cs.general In-Reply-To: <4tnsou$l7q@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu> References: <4tnsou$l7q@cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu> The Direct Marketing Association offers a "Mail Preference Service" you can register with for free. That puts you on a "delete list" the DMA publishes quarterly for marketers who choose to subscribe. (You'll stay on the list for five years.) There's more information here: http://www.the-dma.org/consumer/mps.html That page includes an address you can write to for a booklet on how mailing lists are compiled. The DMA also offers an analogous "Telephone Preference Service" (see the URL above). I don't know how effective either of these services is--I just signed up a few days ago. For more ideas, see the Junk Mail FAQ: http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/text/faq/usenet/junk-mail/faq.html It hasn't been modified since '93, so it may be somewhat out of date. Good luck! - Darrell