Nov 11th, 2008 · Wired Magazine's nine-year "Return to Sender" contest challenged readers to send any "mailable" item through the postal system without packaging. Wired senior editor Joanna Pearlstein shares the results. What is the weirdest thing you've ever sent through the mail?
Jul 30th, 2008 · Through rain, sleet or snow, the U.S. Postal Service promises to deliver the mail. But it doesn't say when. After 60 years, a letter finally made its way to a mailbox in Kansas. The letter — postmarked Nov. 11, 1948 — was marked return to sender.
Jun 17th, 2008 · Seriosity, a Silicon Valley startup, thinks economics will help people learn which of their e-mails have value. The company has created software that lets a sender attach value to an e-mail to denote how important it is. The idea is to get people to send messages that are truly important.
Jan 25th, 2007 · Immigration officials are conducting a series of raids dubbed "Operation Return to Sender." One of the biggest raids took place this week in Southern California, where more than 750 illegal immigrants were arrested and will be (or have been) deported.
Dec 13th, 2006 · More than 1,000 letters written to Claude Monet are up for auction in Paris. The senders include fellow artists like Renoir, Manet, Cezanne, Degas, and admirers who reached out to "cher Monet." The Artcurial auction house says it expects the letters, many of them previously unpublished, to sell for more than $600,000.
Feb 10th, 2006 · Spam filters can keep users from seeing messages that aren't spam. America Online and Yahoo are planning systems that would allow a sender to bypass those filters -- for a price. Will it deter the worst spammers or just change the equation of who benefits from spamming?
Mar 31st, 2005 · To fight or not to fight, that is the question. Is it easier in the mind to suffer the slings and insults of large corporations, or to return to sender the darned junk mail -- and order a SMALL coffee at Starbucks? We host a discussion about taking a stand against your pet peeves.