Today I wrote and sent a letter to the Direct Marketing Association. This stops the association from selling my name and information to direct mail houses and to email marketers. You can be removed in two ways. First, you can go to www.dmaconsumers.org and remove yourself. If you do this, they charge you $5. If you send the following letter (your information inserted of course) it is $1.  The District Attorney recommended just stuffing a $1 bill in the envelope even though they request check, money order, or credit card.

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Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P.O. Box 643
Carmel, NY 10512

To Whom it May Concern:

Please remove my name from your marketing lists. Thank you for your attention to this matter. My name and address are:

James Matthew Saunders
J. Matthew Saunders
J.M. Saunders
Matthew Saunders
James Saunders
James M. Saunders

Your Address Here

Sincerely,
Signature Here

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Simple and quick. You have to put all iterations of your name for this to be effective.