Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008To the Commissioners,Unsolicited bulk email is certainly a problem. I read somewhere that unsolicited email, commonly known as SPAM, comprises 90% of email messages. I appreciate the efforts undertaken by the federal government to curb unwanted mail. However, I am greatly concerned about the proposed requirements for merchants to maintain "suppression" lists.Instituting suppression list requirements would have a serious financial impact on my business, a home based business with a primarily online presence. The costs associated with this idea are cost prohibitive, and would result in the virtual loss of my livelihood.While the proposed suppression lists would result in a substantial reduction in SPAM and Internet porn, the impact to legitimate businesses that use direct email marketing as a way of communicating to their clients would be so devastating, I urge you to consider this action carefully.These legitimate email and electronic newsletter publishers like myself are not the targets that CAN-SPAM was designed to put out of business, but this requirement will very likely have that effect.As with much legislation, it seems as if legitimate business owners who want to comply with regulations are harmed, while the truly insideous groups that prey on the public operate with such a fly-by-night fashion that they can't be located to be held responsible.On top of that, these suppression lists could easily fall into the hands of spammers, leading to more spam instead of less.I urge you in the strongest possible terms to reconsider implementation of this legislation in light of these problems,Respectfully,Donna FoxChicago, Illinois, USA