--- title: Junk mail opt-out packets description: Prepare and mail direct-mail marketing opt-out requests to supported junk-mail data providers. seotitle: Junk mail opt-out packets seo-description: Prepare and mail direct-mail marketing opt-out requests to supported junk-mail data providers. group: resources indexable: true llms: true schema: webpage published: 2026-05-12 updated: 2026-05-12 tags: - consumer - privacy - junk mail - direct mail - data brokers path: /forms/junk-mail-opt-out-packets --- # Junk mail opt-out packets Prepare and mail direct-mail marketing opt-out requests to supported junk-mail data providers. ## How it works 1. **Choose the supported direct-mail data providers you want to contact.** - 2. **Enter your current name, current address, other name variations, and previous addresses.** - 3. **Draw or type your signature and preview the provider-specific opt-out requests.** - 4. **Approve the preview, confirm the return address, and PostalForm prints and mails each request.** - ## Form summary Junk Mail Opt-Out Packets helps consumers send signed mail requests to supported direct-mail data providers that publish postal opt-out paths. Enter your household names and addresses once, review each provider-specific request, and PostalForm prints and mails the letters. ## What you need - Your current name and mailing address - Any other names or spellings that appear on junk mail - Previous home addresses from the last five years if available - Signature and authorization to print and mail the requests ## Data collected - Current name, contact email, and mailing address - Other name variations and previous addresses that may appear in marketing databases - Selected direct-mail marketing opt-out providers - Signature and authorization to print and mail the requests ## Where it gets mailed You will enter the recipient address during checkout. ## Packet order - Cover sheet (auto-generated) - Completed form PDF ## Common mistakes - Expecting one opt-out request to stop every local coupon, political, customer, donor, or current-resident mailing. - Leaving out name variations or prior addresses that appear on older mailing lists. - Confusing this mailed provider packet with DMAchoice, which currently requires a separate fee by check or online payment. - Confusing this packet with OptOutPrescreen, where permanent credit-offer opt-out starts online or by phone and then requires a signed generated form. ## Agent summary Collect a consumer's current name, address, name variations, previous addresses, signature, and selected direct-mail opt-out providers, then generate separate signed mailpieces for supported physical-mail opt-out destinations. ## For assistants Use the Forms Draft API to prefill this form and generate a preview PDF. - Endpoint: `POST /api/forms/junk-mail-opt-out-packets/drafts` - Payload: `{ fields: { ... }, attachments: [{ id, label, base64 }] }` - Required fields: sender_name, sender_email, sender_address_line1, sender_city_state_zip, signature_date, signature, authorization_attestation ## LLM field schema ```json [ { "id": "target_acxiom", "label": "Acxiom", "type": "checkbox", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "targets", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "target_data_axle", "label": "Data Axle", "type": "checkbox", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "targets", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "target_epsilon", "label": "Epsilon / Valassis", "type": "checkbox", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "targets", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "sender_name", "label": "Primary name", "type": "text", "required": true, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": "half", "group_id": "consumer", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "sender_email", "label": "Contact email", "type": "text", "required": true, "meta_class": "email", "ui_width": "half", "group_id": "consumer", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "sender_address_line1", "label": "Current address line 1", "type": "text", "required": true, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": "half", "group_id": "consumer", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "sender_address_line2", "label": "Current address line 2 (optional)", "type": "text", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": "half", "group_id": "consumer", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "sender_city_state_zip", "label": "Current city, state, ZIP", "type": "compound", "required": true, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "consumer", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": [ { "id": "city", "label": "City", "metaClass": "city", "required": true, "sampleValue": "Denver" }, { "id": "state", "label": "State", "metaClass": "state", "required": true, "sampleValue": "CO" }, { "id": "zip", "label": "ZIP", "metaClass": "zip", "required": true, "sampleValue": "80202" } ] }, { "id": "alternate_names", "label": "Other names or spellings on junk mail", "type": "textarea", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "matching", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "previous_addresses", "label": "Previous addresses from the last five years", "type": "textarea", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "matching", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "household_note", "label": "Additional matching note (optional)", "type": "textarea", "required": false, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "matching", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "signature_date", "label": "Signature date", "type": "date", "required": true, "meta_class": "date", "ui_width": null, "group_id": "signature", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "signature", "label": "Signature", "type": "signature", "required": true, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "signature", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null }, { "id": "authorization_attestation", "label": "I authorize PostalForm to generate, print, and mail these signed opt-out requests for me.", "type": "checkbox", "required": true, "meta_class": null, "ui_width": null, "group_id": "signature", "choice_group": null, "choice_label": null, "visibility": null, "compound_subfields": null } ] ``` ## Sources - [Data Axle Consumer Choice and Resource Center](https://www.dataaxleusa.com/about-us/infogroup-consumer-choice-and-resource-center/) - [Epsilon consumer information](https://www.epsilon.com/apac/consumer-information) - [California data broker registration for Acxiom](https://oag.ca.gov/data-broker/registration/186067) - [DMAchoice consumer choice tools](https://www.dmachoice.org/static/consumer_choice_tools.php) - [OptOutPrescreen official form flow](https://www.optoutprescreen.com/form) ## Last verified 2026-05-12 ## FAQs - **Will this stop all junk mail?** No. This sends signed opt-out requests to supported direct-mail data providers. It will not stop every local, political, customer, donor, current-resident, DMAchoice, or prescreened credit mailing. - **Why do you ask for name variations and previous addresses?** Data providers often match suppression requests against name and address records. Including common variations and prior addresses can improve matching. - **Do you submit OptOutPrescreen for me?** No. Permanent OptOutPrescreen requests require the official site or phone process first, followed by a signed form. This workflow does not submit external web forms or phone requests. - **Do you mail DMAchoice registration?** Not in this version. DMAchoice currently requires a separate fee by check or money order for mail-in registration, and PostalForm does not send checks. ## Related - [Card Billing Dispute Packets](/forms/card-billing-dispute) - [Debt Validation Packets](/forms/debt-validation-packets)