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From: ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>)
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Subject: Re: Filing a Complaint
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Date: Tue, 28-Jan-86 00:18:59 EST
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> that our mailing address is Reynoldsburg, Ohio; not Columbus, Ohio.  (We
> had to sign a fresh form to this effect.)  But we asked if Columbus, Ohio
> would work for incoming mail, and they said "sure".  So we started sending
> out our new address as Columbus, Ohio, 43068.
> 
> After 6 months, my ACM mail stopped coming.  Phoning ACM, my wife discovered
> that they had had publications returned to them "no such address" so they
> were holding everything.  It seems that if mail is sent to 43068 (e.g. the
> Reynoldsburg PO) it gets delivered.  But if they happen to send it to
> "Columbus, Ohio" (the downtown post office) it will get returned to the
> sender "No such address as Valcour Ct."

I have the same problem.  All my mail has the correct zip code but
if the letter says "BALTIMORE" rather than "PERRY HALL" (a two mile
difference) the mail gets misdelivered.  The telephone company even
keeps correcting this by generating some bizarre nine-digit zip codes
when the mail gets returned.

What's even worse is that I live in White Marsh, MD.  White Marsh is
21162.  However, the city/zip I have to use on the mail is Perry Hall,
21128.  The Perry Hall post office is in the middle of an area whose
mail is delivered by BALTIMORE (PARKVILLE STATION) 21236.  People who
live next to the post office have to go over six miles to get to the
post office that deals with their mail.

-Ron