Trash, DAMNED trash, and )%^&*#&$@$&*%^$! junkmail

[unixronin]

I have decided that I want junkmail to be a crime.  Conservation violation.  $1 per offense.

Each separate item mailed to each separate address to be considered a separate offense.

...Well, OK, no.  I'm not really serious about making it a crime.  But I DO want junk mail to be tariffed at a surcharged rate, not a discounted rate, and I want the US Post Office to be required to set up a means for any postal recipient to file a preference that says "Do not EVER deliver any mail to this address that is not individually addressed by name to a current resident", and then abide by it.  We just came within one semi-chance comment of losing a $450 unemployment check that got accidentally trashed because it was interleaved with a sheaf of ()%*)(@*&$(*&^()#%*&@%_)*@$^%$!! grocery-store circulars and advertising postcards.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

As noted elsewhere, we already use Catalog Choice, and it has effectively eliminated mail-order catalogs and related mail addressed to previous occupants halfway back to the Mayflower. But it doesn't do a thing about store flyers addressed to OCCUPANT, RESIDENT, or POSTAL MAIL CUSTOMER.

[lebo-superman.livejournal.com]

That's weird - because it HAS reduced our flood of "occupant" etc., junk mails. By quite a bit, actually.