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From: craig@com50.c2s.mn.org (Craig Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Post Office plans to sell address databases.
Message-ID: <1990Dec20.014808.17238@com50.c2s.mn.org>
Date: 20 Dec 90 01:48:08 GMT
References: <12972@milton.u.washington.edu>
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In article <12972@milton.u.washington.edu> cyberoid@milton.u.washington.edu (Robert Jacobson) writes:
>The article speaks of a subsequent plan, one that assigns distinct 
>numbers to each address for the purpose of permitting people to put
>together personal mailing lists, "for Christmas cards, for example."
>Right.  That's why the direct marketing people are salivating all
>over the JOURNAL's pages....
>
>Bob Jacobson

Prior to this fall's election, I spent a lot of time at the post office getting
mailing lists carrier route sorted.  Talking with the people there, I was told
of a plan to add digits to the U.S. Zip Code in order to give every 
address a unique number.  I did not find out when the proposed additional
digits were to be added.

/craig