Comments on: MailChimp Helps Bail Out Mailman Steve

By: Jamye

Jamye — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 01:32:49 +0000

Have y’all heard about DoNotMail dot org? They are petitioning to stop junk mail. I actually take the time to recycle all the junk and even send back all the postage paid envelopes with junk in them. (I hope they recycle) Just my way of stickin it to the man 40 cents at a time!

By: Angelica

Angelica — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:50:09 +0000

****Quote from Ben***
“With email, people complain with the “this is spam” button. That sends a complaint to the ISP who delivered the email to you. Then, the ISP sends a warning to the sender. If the sender doesn’t stop, the ISP looks at its “complaint statistics” for that sender, and acts like a “vigilante” and blocks the sender from sending anymore emails to its users.”

The USPS does have a form that you can fill out to stop junk mail (bulk business mail) from being delivered to your home. Not quite as easy and convenient as the “This is SPAM” button, but effective nonetheless.

By: InternalWealth

InternalWealth — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:38:17 +0000

It was probably more work for him physically to dig up his yard in order to bury the mail than to deliver it…which is definitely not the sucker’s route.

The suckers route is sending crap in the mail in the first place.

Steve’s a hero in my book.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:00:15 +0000

@Phillip – Thanks for taking the time to comment nonetheless.

As a general rule, I tend to ignore (or read between the lines of) anything that starts with, “According to ___’s attorney,”

P.S. Nothing against attorneys.

By: Philip Downer

Philip Downer — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:42:55 +0000

WTF?! The article clearly states that “Mailman Steve” wasn’t fighting junk mail. He couldn’t cope and he took the sucker’s route… He tried to hide it.

I cringe at what makes the news these days. I’m half sorry for taking the time to click and comment.

****** QUOTE FROM ARTICLE ******
According to Padgett’s attorney Andrew McCoppin, it wasn’t a conscious stand against waste or a junk mail protest that spurred the mailman to hold onto the mailers. Rather, it was the inability to meet the demands of a job in a growing part of the county while contending with heart problems and complications from his diabetes.

By: Justice

Justice — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:46:48 +0000

Mailman Steve is doing the public a favor.

“The law was made for man not man for the law.”

Junk mail wastes paper and time. It’s excessive and those who deliberately finance advertising
to saturate the public with unnecssary ads
should be the ones to be arrested.
Not Mailman Steve!

By: C. Hickey

C. Hickey — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:46:28 +0000

Are you kidding?? I understand that the sender of my unwanted junk mail paid for it to arrive at its destination, but frankly, Steve would have saved me the steps to my outside can on the way in from my mailbox. That’s right, junk mail never enters my house, unless its is cleverly disquised at something I might possiably be expecting. I am not a die hard “tree hugger,” but definitely feel some outrage for the number of trees sacrificed in the name of useless, unwanted advertisement! On an average day, perhaps 1 out of the 10 pieces I generally receive ever makes it into my house for perusal. The rest are tossed unopened into the can to be rolled to the curb on Friday for pick-up. What a waste. Steve has my support.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:21:24 +0000

If only I could get this guy to delete all my spam in my inbox every day before I wake up!

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:34:24 +0000

Quoting Tom Something – “this vigilante could be offsetting statistics that would help to resolve junk e-mail, statistics like junk e-mail complaints, for instance.”

With email, people complain with the “this is spam” button. That sends a complaint to the ISP who delivered the email to you. Then, the ISP sends a warning to the sender. If the sender doesn’t stop, the ISP looks at its “complaint statistics” for that sender, and acts like a “vigilante” and blocks the sender from sending anymore emails to its users.

With snail mail, how do you complain?

By: Moraine

Moraine — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:01:03 +0000

Some argue email spam is paid for because the spammers pay fees for a internet connection thru a ISP or Electricity for there computers or paying staff and/or designers to craft spam messages. Physical spam also has staff and/or designers to craft junkmail and a delivery system that is paid for. Unsolicited mail in real or a virtual mailbox is all equal to me. Sometimes i enjoy it sometimes i do not. Its a shame that the law can not uphold or apply to both equally.