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Worth remembering five years ago there was a startup (Outbox) trying to work with the USPS on this with some disruptive features (spam mail removal). USPS kille

Worth remembering five years ago there was a startup (Outbox) trying to work with the USPS on this with some disruptive features (spam mail removal). USPS killed it: https://www.insidesources.com/outbox-vs-usps-how-the-post-office-killed-digital-mail/ https://www.insidesources.com/outbox-vs-usps-how-the-post-of... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7667068 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7667068 Outbox's shutdown note: http://web.archive.org/web/20140712084627/http://blog.outboxmail.com/post/74086768959/outbox-is-shutting-down-a-note-of-gratitude http://web.archive.org/web/20140712084627/http://blog.outbox... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7097892 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7097892

0xffff2 8y ago
I think spam mail removal is an entirely different beast since USPS makes a lot (maybe even most) of their money off of mail that most people consider spam. It's in USPS's financial interest to deliver as much junk mail to you as possible.
- Wingman4l7 8y ago
  As much as I rely on USPS for a lot of things and love them for it, I'm still sore at them for very obviously sharing my postal address with a bunch of spam mailers. I foolishly filed an official change-of-address with them when I moved cities a few years ago -- and immediately started getting junk mail from all manner of companies, addressed to me personally, at my new residence.
- wallacoloo 8y ago
  When I tried USPS' informed delivery about a year back, I only emailed me images of spam mail. If it wasn't spam, it went through and showed up in my physical mailbox without me getting a digital image of it first.