Archive for May, 2004
Tuesday, May 25th, 2004 11:19 am
I am blocking these domain names and IP addresses (listed out indivually so they may show up in web searches):
azdct.com
64.70.17.130
64.70.17.131
64.70.17.132
64.70.17.133
64.70.17.134
64.70.17.135
64.70.17.136
64.70.17.137
64.70.17.138
64.70.17.139
64.70.17.140
64.70.17.141
64.70.17.142
lifesrd.com
leightsvrs.com
lifesaversdir4u.com
livsvdt.com
livrsdt.com
lifesaversdirect.com
fyispcls.com
fyuscls.com
66.54.64
66.54.65
66.54.66
66.54.67
66.54.68
66.54.69
66.54.70
66.54.71
66.54.72
66.54.73
66.54.74
66.54.75
66.54.76
66.54.77
66.54.78
66.54.79
66.54.80
66.54.81
66.54.82
66.54.83
66.54.84
66.54.85
66.54.86
66.54.87
66.54.88
66.54.89
66.54.90
66.54.91
66.54.92
66.54.93
66.54.94
66.54.95
64.70.44.1
64.70.44.2
64.70.44.3
64.70.44.4
64.70.44.5
64.70.44.6
64.70.44.7
64.70.44.8
64.70.44.9
64.70.44.10
64.70.44.11
64.70.44.12
64.70.44.13
64.70.44.14
These company does not honor the CAN-SPAM law, they do not have their physical mailing address in their garbage.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 7:45 pm
I just prepared six more applications against junk mailers, mostly local. It is quite annoying that all commercial mailers do not include a return mailing address. I do a google search, but some businesses can’t be found online. So I call the phone number given, and they don’t have any useful info on there, they just want you to leave your contact info so they can get back in touch with you. Yeah, I’m so sure I’ll leave you my information.
I also emailed one of these companies to get their address. Their web host is so screwed up, their email bounced with relay errors. you have got to love junk mailers, they are so close to the competence levels of spammers. Maybe a junk mailer bred with another junk mailer to give us spammers?
The Post Office though will give me the mailing address of the Bulk Permit owner. But it will cost me $4.40. Let me get this straight: First I have to get this garbage in my mailbox. Then I have to pay the USPS to get the address to complain about. Then I have to pay postage to mail the forms into the Post Office.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 2:27 pm
I just realized my Form 1500 application for Valpak got ignored by the USPS as well. Luckily, their web site has an opt-out form: ValPak Opt-Out.
And then I discovered as I was filling in the opt-out form, the USPS gave me someone else’s mail! That must be against the law! I hope no one is getting my mail.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 2:19 pm
Isn’t it amazing that of the five (5!) Applications for Prohibitory Order that I’ve filed against Comcast Cable, that none of them have even been acknowledged by the USPS? I guess when I file the next one, I need to send it with a Return Receipt requested, so I will know that the Processing Center has received the application.
And isn’t it amazing that Comcast sends their spew from mailing addresses all across the country?
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 2:16 pm
AT&T slammed me a few months ago. I made the huge mistake of giving them my street address when I called their slamming resolution center. I am now gettings tons of junk mail addressed to me as a “former AT&T customer.” Now I know if I ever get slammed, don’t give my mailing address to the phone company.
Luckily, I was able to get a prohibitory order againt AT&T from sending me more of their garbage.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 12:13 pm
My old junk mail page is a bit out of date. I’ll start keeping it up to date via my journal entries.
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Saturday, May 22nd, 2004 12:11 pm
I’ve been updating my stack of receipts from the Post Office Form 1500 applications I’ve filed.
Over 25 companies are now banned from sending me mail.
Unfortunately the idiots at the local
Post Office don’t believe that anyone would not want that stuff, so I am still getting the
Advo Shopwise garbage. I just wrote a letter to my local postmaster asking that he remind my carrier
that delivering mail without an address card is illegal.
To get off of the Advo mailing list, call 1-888-241-6760. Or file your own Form 1500.
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Sunday, May 16th, 2004 3:48 pm
Well, I think I’m basically ready to put the new design to PlanetMike online for the world to laugh at, no I mean, to enjoy. Although I’m not totally happy with it, it is better than the older version. Plus it has lots of new content. And the new site will then be my old site, so I can start working on my new-new site. Does that all make sense? Enjoy.
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Thursday, May 13th, 2004 3:43 pm
I really strongly dislike (not quite hate) the way that Internet.com supports their mailing lists.
Dear WebReference Update Subscriber,
You are receiving this e-mail from WebReference Update and
internet.com as part of your subscription to WebReference Update
Instead of simply putting in ads with their regular content (which they also do) they also
send out extra email messages with no valid content, just the ad! Luckily these are easily filtered out, but it is still rather annoying.
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Wednesday, May 12th, 2004 2:02 pm
The Washington Apple Pi is a Washington DC user group for Apple computers. They’ve posted details about
their site re-design. Very interesting article.
Posted in Miscellaneous, Web-design | No Comments »