jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) (01/23/91)
cameron@argosy.UUCP (Cameron Spitzer) writes: > 1. *CALL* the DMA's Mail Preference Service at their secret, unlisted > number (212)768-7277 and ask to be listed in their Suppression File. > Stay on the phone while the computer operator types your address in. > If you leave a message they may just discard it. > Call them a month later and ask if you're listed. I called just now - the operator told me that she couldn't enter my information over the phone - she told me to either write in requesting this or she could send me a form. I asked for the form; I hope that it gets a better response than the letters did. -=> iain <=- "a sysadmin kinda guy"
zap@savage.UUCP (Zap Savage) (01/24/91)
In article <856@argosy.UUCP> cameron@argosy.UUCP (Cameron Spitzer) writes:
%8. When they ask for my name and address at Radio Shack, I tell them
%firmly but politely, "For the purpose of your data base, my name is Joe
%Tandy and my address is GPO, Fort Worth, Texas." Radio Shack is one of
%the few large junk mailers who can't be bothered to maintain a suppression
%file.
I've been told one great thing about Tandy but I can't confirm it. Can anyone?
Tandy/Radio Shack does NOT sell its mailing list and from what I've heard they
have the largest in the States.
%(c) 1991, Cameron Spitzer, San Jose, California
%cameron@maspar.com or uunet!decwrl!argosy!cameron
Great article, Cameron! Thank you!
Zap
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