Comment by umanwizard

Comment by umanwizard 18 hours ago

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Which is a totally valid reason to hate USPS.

The USPS is a government-run spam delivery service that there is no way to opt out of. Those of us who do banking and other administrative tasks online would be better off if the government shut it down completely, or better yet subsidized it slightly so it doesn't have to deliver spam to survive.

But as it is, I don't see any good reason to have any more respect for USPS than I do for any other spammer.

lkbm 15 hours ago

Doesn't seem like USPS is the spammer. They're Gmail. People send spam and USPS/Gmail delivers it.

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  • umanwizard 14 hours ago

    No, it’s completely different. Gmail actively tries to prevent spam. If they catch you sending it, you will be banned, and they let individual users block whoever they want. A huge part of their product is automated spam filtering.

    On the other hand, spam delivery is the business model of USPS. They actively and intentionally market and sell their services to spammers, and not surprisingly, give normal users no way to opt out.

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    • kmoser 11 hours ago

      There are mail forwarding services[0] that let you automatically filter out junk mail. Yes, they cost money, but at least you can accomplish your goal of opting out (or in) from receiving postal mail from certain senders.

        [0] E.g. https://www.usglobalmail.com/virtual-mailbox/
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dec0dedab0de 18 hours ago

Yes, exactly. I wish the post office were subsidized and acted in the interests of the public. But it is not, and does not.

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