From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!sask!dvlcn!dkatz Newsgroups: net.followup Title: How to stop Junk Mail - Another Idea Article-I.D.: dvlcn.88 Posted: Tue Jan 4 09:40:17 1983 Received: Thu Jan 6 02:46:14 1983 In his book "Always Bear Left" (recommended reading), Ken Cooper makes an interesting suggestion re Junk Mail. Whenever you subscribe to any service - e.g. magazine, club, association - use a different middle initial. Keep track of which initial belongs to which subscription. If you receive junk mail with one of the phony middle initials, you then know who gave out your name. You can then write a letter to the source of your problems DEMANDING that your name not be given out. GREAT IDEA. Thanx to Ken!! SENDING MY LETTERS TO THE RIGHT BAST*RDS D. Katz