Life Hack: Free service that blocks undesirable, unsolicited mail
I just came across this on the USPS’s website. Has anyone tried it?
It sounds like a nice, easy way to keep your mailbox free of undesirable literature.
Pornographic and Undesirable Mail
Certain unsolicited or undesirable mail is prohibited from the mailstream. This includes obscene materials, violence-inciting materials, and some types of mail relating to lotteries.
You can place your name and those of your minor children on a list of persons who do not want to receive unsolicited sexually oriented advertisements through the mail. Just ask for Form 1500, Application for Listing and/or Prohibitory Order, at your local post office.
Thirty days after your name has been added to the Postal Service reference list, any mailer who sends you sexually oriented advertisements may be subject to civil and criminal sanctions.
Your name will remain on the list for 5 years unless you ask to have it removed. At the end of 5 years, you must file again to have your name reinstated.
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