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Outbox Is Shutting Down

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Re: Outbox Is Shutting Down

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Post by evanbaehr »

nezza-_- wrote: post #2

Shouldn't one of the first sentences of the article contain a deadline on how long the service will remain functional? It's the most important thing current users have to know.

Good point. We link to our FAQ w/ the dates. I've included it below. We will stop service on Monday January 28th. http://blog.outboxmail.com/post/74086747774/customer-faq-for...

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Post by codegeek »

" senior leadership of USPS made it clear that they would never participate in any project that would limit junk mail and that they were immediately shutting down our partnership."

This part is really interesting. Why would USPS do that ? Can someone from outbox elaborate on this ? I would love to get rid of the junk mail that I receive on a daily basis in my mailbox. It is crazy and I have to waste time in taking it out of my mailbox, sorting through them to ensure they indeed are junk and then throwing them into my recycle bin. Not to mention that the recyle bin then needs to be placed bi-weekly outside to be picked up. It is time we had a donotcall.gov equivalent for junk mails.

Sad to see these guys go. The business model sounds like something I would have tried as a user. Funny though that never heard of them personally. Guess need to watch more Jay Leno!!

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Post by nielsbot »

sorry to see it go. USPS should have bought it or integrated it (but I saw the blog post about them saying "we'll never do that")

Hell, I would have still paid for the service for the archiving and online filing part even if they continued to send junk mail.

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Post by doughj3 »

codegeek wrote: post #5

" senior leadership of USPS made it clear that they would never participate in any project that would limit junk mail and that they were immediately shutting down our partnership." This part is really interesting. Why would USPS do that ? Can someone from outbox elaborate on this ? I would love to get rid of the junk mail that I receive on a daily basis in my mailbox. It is crazy and I have to waste time in taking it…

Junkmail effectively subsidizes the USPS.

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Post by pbreit »

codegeek wrote: post #5

" senior leadership of USPS made it clear that they would never participate in any project that would limit junk mail and that they were immediately shutting down our partnership." This part is really interesting. Why would USPS do that ? Can someone from outbox elaborate on this ? I would love to get rid of the junk mail that I receive on a daily basis in my mailbox. It is crazy and I have to waste time in taking it…

Why would a company not want to limit its biggest business?

The Outbox dudes complain about government but many/most companies would not so willingly partner up to shrink its best business.

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Post by skadamat »

codegeek wrote: post #5

" senior leadership of USPS made it clear that they would never participate in any project that would limit junk mail and that they were immediately shutting down our partnership." This part is really interesting. Why would USPS do that ? Can someone from outbox elaborate on this ? I would love to get rid of the junk mail that I receive on a daily basis in my mailbox. It is crazy and I have to waste time in taking it…

Something like 80 or 90% of USPS revenue comes from junk mail / mailers, companies pay them to guarantee that it shows up in your mailbox.

There are services that let you unsubscribe from junk mail (after a ruling that said that there has to be a way for consumers to unsubscribe, similar to like in email) like https://www.catalogchoice.org/

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