Take the 2-minute tour ×  Advertising leaflets shoved en masse
into mail boxes are one of the banes of modern society.  In
Germany, putting a note saying "Bitte keine Werbung" ("No
advertising please") on your box protects you from them -
advertisers who repeatedly ignore the note face heavy fines.
enter image description here  Is there a standard English phrase
that is widely used in this specific context?  share|improve
this question I dunno about the UK (or other English speaking
countries), but US law prohibits anyone besides the residents
and the postal service from opening or using mail boxes, so I
would be highly doubtful of a common phrase in the US that
relates to mailboxes specifically. –  waiwai933 Nov 27 '11 at
19:00 I don't think we put anything like that on our doors or
mail boxes in the UK, but we can register not to receive such
mail. It's not always effective, and I don't think a notice
would be. –  Barrie England Nov 27 '11 at 19:00 Ah, interesting.
Then this practice is maybe specific to G