> I have taped notices in my mailbox notifying the postman I wish to not receive any unsolicited mail This will do no good. The postman (actually, the whole p

> I have taped notices in my mailbox notifying the postman I wish to not receive any unsolicited mail This will do no good. The postman (actually, the whole postal service) is simply a "delivery" service. They have no rights to "edit" what they deliver (within reason, hazardous materials being one), which is as it should be, and why your request does no good. > which also means I could attach a brick/lead weight to every piece of crap mail and it would be returned to sender, and sender charged No longer works, too many tried it: http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/566/can-i-mail-a-brick-back-to-a-junk-mail-firm-using-the-business-reply-envelope http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/566/can-i-mail-a-br... "According to rule 917.243(b) in the Domestic Mail Manual, when a business reply card is "improperly used as a label" — e.g., when it's affixed to a brick — the item so labeled may be treated as "waste." That means the post office can toss it in the trash without further ado." While it is a subtle difference, at least with physical paper mail, the advertiser had to pay to produce and have shipped the item. With email spam, you have to pay for the privilege of receiving the email spam. So one thing to do is just keep your recycle bin handy, and just dump the unwanted items in the recycle bin.