Comments on: 5 Easy Steps to Eliminate your Junk Mail

By: bobun

bobun — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:37:47 +0000

If you want to know where the spam bots are getting your email address from, just do a search in google using your email address. If it shows up then you can be pretty sure the spam bots run into it also.

Get a new name and don’t let anyone put it on any webpages. If they do, you can find it by googling it. I don’t get any spam.

By: Horlic

Horlic — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:47:27 +0000

Thank for sharing. This is great post and sometime junk mail really annoys me.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:13:53 +0000

Great post and after writing a post on this very topic – stopping junk mail – I was glad to have found some new tips here. Still, the advertisers always figure away to get to you eventually!

By: Bill M.

Bill M. — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 23:16:14 +0000

Great tips! 70% of mail I receive is junk these days since all my banking is electronic statements.

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:21:08 +0000

I’m pretty sure this doesn’t help stop junk mail, but it is satisfying anyway. I collect all of my pieces of junk mail with one of those postage paid return envelopes. Then, after making sure to remove anything which can identify me, I stuff them with pizza coupons, other offers, candy wrappers, or whatever I have nearby and mail them back. I once sent Visa 3 issues of The Watchtower (compliments of my local Witnesses). I figure it is only fair.

By: G.E. Miller

G.E. Miller — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:46:39 +0000

@Craig – you’re automatically on the lists as your info. is bought and sold on the auction block unless you opt out. However, even after opting out, there is still stuff I receive that I don’t know how I received.

@Stephanie – I used to work for a non-profit. Believe it or not, most actually have a ‘do not solicit’ box in their databases. With your next donation check, maybe include a letter that says ‘please opt me out of any solicitations’.

By: stephanie

stephanie — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:24:58 +0000

I found optoutprescreen.com over a year ago and signed up, and have received very little junk mail since then. The junk mail I do get tends to be from nonprofit and charity organizations that I’ve donated to in the past. I wish they would just take my annual donation and quit sending me address labels, calendars, and all of the other similar stuff that I have no use for!

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:19:52 +0000

How does one get on these lists? Online it’s all opt-in at somepoint. I have been opting out for most things to de-clutter my online junk mails and it’s been great. I don’t receive my regular junk mail, maybe that’s because I recently moved to a new apt. I actually don’t mind getting coupons, maybe one will help. Usually just throw them out.

By: Trevor

Trevor — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:05:21 +0000

I am pretty sure I de-listed with the credit bureau’s and the DMA. I did this about 8 months ago, and have seen a dramatic reduction in mail. There are days that I go to the mailbox and have nothing to pickup. Those are the days that I walk back to my house smiling. I will do the ACA as well, since I still do get some junk mail.

By: G.E. Miller

G.E. Miller — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 02:52:44 +0000

@ Wormey – Each of your creditors should have their own opt out programs as well. If you have an online account, look for ‘privacy’ on their websites, it should lead you in the right direction.