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From: chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Ott Computer Safety Light
Keywords: Radiation, death, junkmail
Message-ID: <13259@reed.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 89 22:55:35 GMT
References: <15388@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <181@bmers58.UUCP>
Reply-To: chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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In article <181@bmers58.UUCP> klash@hobbes.UUCP (Karl Klashinsky) writes:

>Apparently, these companies that use 'Business Reply Mail' pay for
>the return mail by WEIGHT of mail returned.  So the best way to
>get truly even (and to get your name taken off of a mailing list)
>is to tape the 'Business Reply Mail' envelope to the back of a
>brick.

As suggested in Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book"... Unfortunately, as far
as I know, they (that is, "They") got wise to this technique and now put
some sort of cap on maximum weight per unit or something...  So
envelope-stuffing seems to be the best solution.

>Now if everyone took the time to do this, maybe junk mail would
>end once and for all.

Come on!  Without junk mail, we would lose yet another source of entertaining
net-clog... :-)


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Alex Chaffee
chaffee@reed.bitnet
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