Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, I applaud your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk email. However, I am concerned about the proposed requirement for merchants to maintain suppression lists. There are so many problems and costs associated with this idea, and so much damage done to consumers and businesses alike, that I feel I must urge you to consider this matter most carefully. Requirement of the use of suppression lists will seriously damage many of the legitimate publications available on the net. My specific concern is for harm to publishers who require permission from the consumer prior to adding them to any list. They're not who CAN-SPAM was designed to put out of business, but this requirement will very likely have that effect. There's also the potential for significant harm to consumers, because of the problem of properly knowing their intent when they unsubscribe from a list. On top of that, these suppression lists could easily fall into the hands of spammers, leading to more spam instead of less. I also think that the implementation of this matter is more time than it is worth. Put some work on the people. There is junk mail we get at home, we throw it in the trash if we don't want to look at it, a whole 1- 2 minutes of work. There are commercials on TV that I can't believe they pay someone to come up with, yet they come through, if I don't want to watch, so be it. Are we going to be on some suppression list from all the un wanted mail we receive from advertisers, government people / agencies, etc. I doubt it. Well I see the email situation, the same. I am new to doing business online and I'm simply trying to make it work and I just don't worry about what type of email comes. That's why there's a spot for subject lines, if it looks like advertising, then I will only open it if I want to, otherwise I dump it to the trash can. There are also filters that can be used to block unwanted emails from particular senders. I do believe this conversion will cause more problems for ligitimate people than for those that will continually do wrong regardless of rules and regulations. So in conclusion, I would like to urge you to reconsider its implementation. We are trying to free Iraq, and here we gradually take away or suppress little bits of freedom. Lets consider the people, the small businessman or woman and hopefully you can come up with another way to catch the bad guys. Respectfully, Jeffrey Grimes *REDACTED PERSONAL INFORMATION*