Opt-out

I came across this page from the Federal Trade Commission which details how you can opt-out of receiving pre-screened or pre-approved offers of credit cards and insurance. You can do it online at www.optoutprescreen.com.

It also has information on other opt-out services, such as the National Do Not Call Registry and the Direct Marketing Association's mail and e-mail opt-out lists.

There is also catalogchoice.org, a National Wildlife Federation-sponsored site to opt-out of receiving catalogs. For this one, you create an account and register all the catalogs that you receive, and they contact them on your behalf to cancel them. Not as magical as the other ones, but still useful.

In summary, here are the following links and what they opt you out of:

National Do Not Call Registry	Unsolicited sales phone calls
catalogchoice.org	Mailed catalogs
www.optoutprescreen.com	Pre-approved credit card offers
DMA Mailing List	Mailed marketing offers
DMA Email List List	Emailed marketing offers