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- From: pbwhite@rodan.acs.syr.edu (White)
- Subject: Re: Junk mailers dirty tricks
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.150032.26675@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <1992Dec11.022744.29303@netcom.com> <Bz7p3E.FE8@wang.com>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 92 15:00:31 EST
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- >But seriously, I tried the same experiment, with similar (disappointing)
- >results. The other weird thing is that my son (who hasn't lived at home for
- >4 years now) is still getting college-type mail (study help, loan offers,
- >etc.), and I've moved about four times since he lived with me.
- >
- >I think that's the "address correction requested" thing that does that
- >for the pests.
- >
- Don't know if everybody read this, but yesterday's paper said that this is
- true. The postoffice takes your change of address cards and corrects listings
- for various magazines or circulars or other types of trash mail. I don't
- recall if it is a local or widespread process.
- Brian
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