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From: nagle@well.sf.ca.us (John Nagle)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Post Office plans to sell address databases.
Message-ID: <22219@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 17 Dec 90 19:33:13 GMT
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     An opportunity arises here to make a big dent in junk mail.  If the
Post Office offers an address database, everyone should have the opportunity to
designate their address in various ways, such as "no unsolicited 3rd class
mail", or "no unsolicited mail".  Mailers could be required to drop addresses
so designated from their mailings.

     The Post Office already maintains a list of "persons who do not wish
to receive pornography", which provides a precedent for this service.
Consolidation of such filtering information would provide a significant
enhancement of service.

					John Nagle