Virgin Media no longer wants you to opt-out by sending them e-mail. Instead, you now have to fill out a simple web form.

Vodafone will update my marketing preference within 28 days.

I've received information from Defra about its 'responsibility deal' with the junk mail industry. It's a matter of principle for the Direct Marketing Association that opting out continues to be off-putting.

Royal Mail will soon start leaving parcels that can't be delivered to your neighbours. People who don't get on with their neighbours can opt out by putting a sticker on their door. Perhaps we could also have a No Royal Junk Mail sticker?

The Direct Marketing Association's nonsense about saving paper by making it difficult to opt out has been mentioned in the Observer.

Sarah, Royal Mail's virtual online assistant, doesn't know how to stop Royal Junk Mail.

Free newspapers are completely unregulated. Good luck trying to stop a circular such as the East Kilbride Mail.

Virgin Media seems to have started another junk mail bombardment – and there's no way you can force them to leave you alone.

A trial in Belgium has learned that hardly anyone will order a copy of the Yellow Pages when the directory isn't delivered door-to-door. Perhaps we could do a similar trial in the UK?

Consumer Focus has launched a one-stop-shop for opting out of unsolicited marketing.