I get offers for hearing tests, insurance companies, massage therapists, realtors, etc. i call the number and tell them to remove me from their mailing list - now. It helps, but it seems another one soon takes its place so what did I gain ?

When I asked at the post office how to stop getting all the junk mail I was told...if you use a charge card, it is impossible because that is how the companies track people.

I donated money and they sold my name hence I get appeals every single day. I would love to have that junk removed from my mailbox but I recycle all of it.

I have no idea how to get off of mailing lists. I try to unsubscribe from junk emails. My DD had her father in laws mail forwarded to their house when he passed away. They are still getting mail for his mom who passed away 12 years ago.

On my walk back from my mailbox I pass my garbage cans. Every day I throw a whole lot of unopened junk mail in there... sometimes it's all the mail!

I open my mail standing next to the trash compactor. Most of the mail goes in the trash compactor. There are a couple bills and sometimes some other random piece of mail that I actually keep like coupons deals for stores I shop in. The rest goes directly into the trash.

You are right in calling it a mission - it is very much work! The web site front page should have a spot at the very bottom - In The Tiniest Of Lettering - for you to unsubscribe. The problem is that a lot of these 'mailings' do not come from the actual site. When you go to block them, you will see very odd addresses. So an unsubscribe often doesn't work. I start each day in my junk mail folder (you can relegate them to junk mail) blocking all that I do not want. Certain companies that I know are real but have multiple weird addresses, after I have blocked them repeatedly, I send them an email or call them and I am not very pleasant. No foul language, no raised voices, but a lot of phrases about harassing me, how I will use all my time to give them bad PR and make it my mission to cost them customers. I usually stop getting their emails. But, it is work. Good luck to him.

(I assumed you meant online) For paper mailing lists, there really isn't anything you can do. I had an independent UPS-style store for 29 years. I had 500 mail boxes and their mail never stopped. Even when returned marked 'deceased'. What you can do, if they have a paid return envelope, is to send back all their stuff in that envelope. It won't get you off their list, but it sort of feels good to know they are paying for your time.

I recently found out about a website: catalogchoice.org. It is free although they do ask for donations. Once you set it up it is very easy to enter a catalog. Catalog choice notifies them to stop mailing. I started in mid-September and have been adding catalogs steadily. I think I'm aware of a couple that have stopped but not really sure. With the holidays approaching I'm getting more catalogs than ever it seems.
The website has a place where you can indicate if the mailing has stopped but don't know if they take action if you say no. They ask that you wait 6-8 weeks for mail to stop.
So at this point, I'm waiting to see if I notice a big drop after the holidays. In recent months I've picked up my mail and had a good 3-6 inches of nothing but catalogs which I have to turn around and carry to our dump. I would rather shop online but also wonder if the mailings stop and I then order will I go back to getting catalogs? Very frustrating.

You should be careful of just trashing junk mail---we had 3rd class mail but it had our name, address and property records on letter in the inside--always open just to be sure none of our info is in there. The return envelope is good idea.