From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!houxm!houxa!houxi!houxz!ihnp4!ihnp1!rwc
Newsgroups: net.misc
Title: Re: mailing labels
Article-I.D.: ihnp1.168
Posted: Fri Feb 18 12:12:15 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 02:04:24 1983
Reply-To: rwc@ihnp1.UUCP (Bob Colby)
References: 5941ux.193

I have also noticed a lot of mail, epsecially junk mail, coming to
my house with the 'CAR RT SORT' on the label. I knew it had to be
coming from some mailing list, sold to outsiders to earn an extra
buck for whoever had compiled the list. At first I thought it was
the electric company, or the secretary of state's office (driver's
licenses and license plates). However, not long ago I received my
1982 Federal income tax forms, and there on the label was the same
'CAR RT SORT' phrase.

I don't particularly appreciate utility companies, etc. giving my
name and address out so freely. I don't know if I can really say the
same thing if the IRS is the one who is making money from the list.
After all, if they don't get the money from peddling the list to
junk mail houses, they may step up their qausi-legal arm twisting
tactics on us ordianry taxpayers.

~a
s/ordianry/ordinary/ (When will we get a sem-intelligent interface to news ?)

					Bob Colby
					BTL Indian Hill
					ihnp1!rwc