Digitally preview incoming USPS mail and packages

Re:Digitally preview incoming USPS mail and packages by JoshTriplett on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @02:24PM (#19313366)

> (The prior owners refused to submit change of address forms, and when I contacted them they specifically said "we get too much junk mail and we want less of it!")

I don't submit change of address forms, as the USPS sells the data from those to spammers.

I do, however, systematically call and cancel any sources of spam, as well as redirecting any mail I actually want.

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Re:Digitally preview incoming USPS mail and packages by dmckeon on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @10:29PM (#19316192)

> I don't submit change of address forms, as the USPS sells the data from those to spammers.

It may no longer be valid, but at one time there was a hack for this - permanent COAs were sold, on 9-track tape, IIRC, but temporary COAs were not sold, but just kept on file at the local post office, so one could just submit a temp. COA every six months (the maximum duration of a temp. COA).

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Re:Digitally preview incoming USPS mail and packages by Spooky23 on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @08:08PM (#19315670)

It’s sort of a futile gesture, as DMV sells a real-time feed to multiple parties.

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Re:Digitally preview incoming USPS mail and packages by niij on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @07:26PM (#19315477)

Do you have a source for them selling that information?

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