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How you can gain control of your mailbox

Tell the Direct Marketing Association you don't want unsolicited mail from their member companies. They now require you to pay a dollar for this, either by credit card online or by check or money order in the mail. The draft letter produced on our web site gives you an option to complain about the fee; the one on the DMA's web site for their Mail Preference Service (MPS) doesn't. We also have a page of opt-out letters to companies that sell your address and other personal information to junk mailers.
When dealing with a company or charity that knows your address, tell them ``Don't rent or share my name.''
Read our extensive guide on how mailers get your name, how they decide what to mail you, and how to stop them pestering you. Note that filling out warranty cards puts you in fast lane of the junk information superhighway.
If you are really annoyed with solicitations mailed to you by any company, you can issue a ``prohibitory order'' against them. If they continue to send you their junk, they risk being prosecuted as criminals.
If you want source documents describing your legal rights, start with our collection of the laws, rules and regulations governing direct mail.
You may also be interested in visiting other sites concerning junk mail.