Talk:Envelope

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All too often enclosures are improperly sized, resulting in slippage from view of the address in the window envelope. I can't even find a term that describes the problem, let alone find any suggestions as to how one might correctly mitigate the situation. One can find warnings galore against the practice of stapling the enclosure to prevent slippage, but no direct suggestion, other than using a properly sized enclosure, as to how to deal effectively with the problem. Today the situation created by the enclosure-improperly-sized-for-window is more than a mere aggravation. Many of us fear the day our attempt to prevent address slippage gets us in trouble with Homeland Security and identified as saboteurs. The method I have used to keep incorrectly sized enclosures in address window alignment is the post-it method. One affixes post-its to the enclosure (on the unaddressed side) as extensions to the enclosure so that, when placed in the envelope, the addressed enclosure fits snugly enough to remain positioned for correct display of the address. The worry arises that, somehow in the automated opening of the post-it mitigated envelope, machinery will be confounded by the small sticky paper, constituting some slowdown that would qualify under the Patriot Act as terrorism. The IRS 1040-ES (OCR) forms are much shorter than they should be to remain positioned in the envelope for address readablility. What term is there to describe this potentially crippling hazzard, and what is the proper method of mitigation? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wolfsehr (talk • contribs). 13:35, February 3, 2007