We all hate junk mail, but how can we stop it? Businesses send millions of Emails every year and most people just put them straight in the recycling bin. But how do companies get your name and address in the first place? Every time you give your details to a company, for example, when you order something, the company add your name to their mailing list. But what’s worse, that company often sell that list to other companies and so their customers’ personal details is soon on many more mailing lists. As a result, the unlucky customer then have even more junk mail that he does not want.