Becci Boyd, if Edgar can give me decent odds that your method might actually do some good, I'll do it in a heartbeat! And the one piece I'd leave intact is the mailing address label just so they'd know who they might want to delete from their list. What say ye, Edgar?!

Also, I have noticed a dramatic increase in what I call "guilt mail." I've received not only the ubiquitous return address labels, but also note pads, calendars, cloth shopping bags, T-shirts, and various other items, all accompanied by requests for donations. These are NOT advertising samples, rather, they are unsolicited "gifts" with attempts to attach guilt strings. Seems to have blossomed in the last 6 months or so. Unfortunately, the clothing is seldom the correct size.

Edgar replies: Anti-junk mail folks have long used that technique to teach a lesson to mailers that include return postage paid envelopes. I can't say whether it is effective or not.