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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sjmiller" data-source="post: 3061624" data-attributes="member: 17262">In the United States, if you wish to not receive direct marketing material (commonly referred to as junk mail) you need to be active instead of passive.  The Direct Marketing Association has a Mail Preference Service that allows you to be removed from the mailing lists of members of the DMA.  DMA members must abide by this, and other marketers are encouraged to follow it as well.  Check out <a href="http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/offmailinglist" target="_blank">http://www.the-dma.org/cgi/offmailinglist</a> in order to do this.  Unless you take an active stance, a company can, and often will, let associate companies know you are potentially interested in their products.  After all, you would not have purchased the original product if you were not interested in it.You can also use the words Direct Marketing Opt-Out or Mailing List Removal in your favorite search engine to find out other ways of being removed from direct marketing lists.</blockquote>