Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, I sincerely appreciate your efforts to stop the problem of unsolicited bulk email. But I am gravely disturbed about the proposed requirement for merchants to keep suppression lists. There are so many associated problems and costs with this idea, not to mention the great potential damage done to both consumers and businesses, that I feel compelled to urge you to look at this issue very carefully through these glasses. Requirement of the use of suppression lists will very badly hurt (& perhaps destroy) many of the legitimate publications accesible online. My exact concern is for harm to publishers who require permission from the consumer prior to adding them to any list. CAN-SPAM was never created to put out of business these many honest hardworking people who provide income & security to their families by this legitimate means. However this requirement will very likely have the effect of destroying these peoples livelihoods which have taken years to build. As well there's the potential for great harm to consumers, because of the problem of properly knowing their intent when they unsubscribe from a list. And if all that wasn't enough spammers could get hold of these suppression lists leading to more spam instead of less. I was shocked at the many potential problems this ruling could bring, and urge you as a fellow reasonable, logical, compassionate human being to reconsider its implementation in light of it's many devestating implications. Sincerelly, Christopher Atkinson Queensland, Australia