Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008To Whom It May Concern:I acknowledge unsolicited bulk E-mail to be a big problem during the last few years. It's a waste of time, funds and energy. Any solution must definitely be simple and easy to bring about. My concern lies with the proposed requirement for merchants to maintain suppression lists. I see this ending up making the Internet and E-mail harder, rather than easier to use, both for businesses and individuals.Millions of legitimate, honest businesses use E-mail in their everyday communications. They boost America's productivity and help to keep our standard of living the highest in the world. When you consider the millions of dollars their form of Internet E-commerce circulates into the US economy, it is critical to be extremely careful about implementing any procedures into this system, (whose lifeblood is largely propelled by conscientious use of E-mail by ethical netpreneurs) that might jeopardize the success of these same businesses.Any program implemented, should instead be designed to stop those few bulk spammers who send untargeted E-mail to millions of addresses at a time, disregarding any desire on the recipient's end to not receive the message. This needs to definitively be accomplished, without harming multitudes of people who use the technology of E-mail, both properly and conscientiously. There are multiple problems and costs associated with the CAN-SPAM legislation idea as it now stands. Plus, so much possible damage may be done to consumers and businesses alike, I feel adamant I must bring this matter to your immediate attention. So, I respectfully request you consider this matter with urgent care. Our systems of commerce have quickly been entwined with the Internet and E-mail. A wrong move could have a ripple effect with unforeseen and destructive consequences.Any requirement of the use of suppression lists will seriously damage many of the legitimate publications available on the Net. Many small businesses will not be able to keep up with the additional burden the technology of this system will require. Remember, in great part it is due to the earnest efforts of small business, our mighty country continues to flourish. In the end, the CAN-SPAM legislation will burden and destroy not only those businesses - but the average consumer as well - who will no longer be able to receive the free flow of information the Internet was created to distribute.The intentions of CAN-SPAM are good in-part; yet, there is a very serious likelihood of it having disastrous results. Rather than to lessen the number of unsolicited E-mails we receive, these suppression lists would be likely to be gathered and abused by the spammers themselves. In actuality, this would lead to more spam rather than less! The spammers are both resourceful enough to cloak their whereabouts, or to send their spam from another country, beyond the reach of US laws.I definitely urge you to be judicious and fair in your careful reflection. Please review the downside of this act, and reconsider its implementation in light of these serious problems, now brought to the limelight.cordially yours,Paris TironeOregon, USA