On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 10:52 -0400, Daniel Brown wrote: > On 6/13/07, Jason Pruim <japruim@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Jun 13, 2007, at 10:19 AM, Jay Blanchard wrote: > > > > Hi Jay, > > > > I actually work with the post office on my day job, we do presorted > > mailings with them. And I can tell you that the post office does not > > sell any addresses to private individuals. For the mailings we do > > where we need to get a list we have to go to a third party to get the > > list. > > > > The stuff you're looking at is probably the CASS software, or maybe > > Delivery Point Validation. Both of which you run on your current > > mailing list to make sure you qualify for the cheaper postage rates. > > I can also tell you that the CASS software costs about $1,000 a year > > for access to match your addresses against the database. :) But I > > don't think it really does what you are looking for. > > > > You may want to look into a third party place like InfoUSA[1] since > > they sell the addresses (We use them sometimes in fact) they may be > > able to do what you are looking for. > > > > [1] http://www.InfoUSA.com > > > > Jason: Tell them to stop raising the price of the damned stamps! > Offer to take a pay cut and take one for the team.... I'll buy you a > beer. > > Zoltán: Trade with me. I've been here for less than two hours > and I'm ready to go home. I'll buy you a beer. > > Robert: I need to borrow a few bucks so that I can buy Jason and > Zoltán a beer. Sorry Dan, but you still owe me the $20 I lent you last week for an after beer prossie :/ >:) Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------' -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php