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E.1 Issuing Regulations to Implement Various Aspects of CAN-SPAM -- Defining who is the "sender" of a commercial email message. Other: If someone runs an opt-in list and they send an ad for a company and then the subsciber unsubscribes, and the individual receives another message from this same person, then the sender is guilty of violating the act. This should have nothing to do with the company. The sender is not the company, but the individual. This person then may receive another ad from a different list they opted into and shouldn't claim spam. The subscribers need to be held somewhat accountable for the lists they subscribe to. E.2 Issuing Regulations to Implement Various Aspects of CAN-SPAM -- "Forward-to-a-friend" scenarios. Other: That's a tricky one. However, each sender should be responsible for the removal. This goes back to each person taking responsibility for theri own actions. Example: Do we sue McDonald's because we ate to many burgers and beccome overweight? No it's called mouth responsibility. The individual is responsible for their actions, not McDonalds. It applies here too. Companies with opt-in lists can not control the actions of others. Hence, this would be unfair. I run a website that helps people get free traffic to their website. I send out weekly updates. This is a very important aspect of my online business. Without it, I could possibly lose all my online revenue. Secton F- Reports: A national Do Not Email Registry in my humble opinion will not work and cause severe problems for good guys like myself. I.E. I still receive many commericail email ads per day offering me Viagra and other medications. These ads come from professional spammers (if that's a term yet) You and I will still recieve these messages with a Do Not Email Registry in place. The registry would harm more people trying to make an honest living using email. The rewards system would also do a lot of harm. People would sit there all day and mistake legitmate stuff they asked for, for spam. This would cause you more headaches than you can imagine. I get people from my own program say things like "I never asked for this" when then clearly have. I have their IP address and sign-up date. It's crazy sometimes. But it would harm us good folks that do the right thing. Subject line labeling: Yes, subjects should not be misleading at all. I agree on that. In closing, I do understand and appreciate the huge battle you guys are fighting on this. I commend you for that. I just need to let you know for the sake of my own well being and my families well being, that there are a lot of people just like me who make a decent amount of money from the use of our websites and email plays a big part in it. In your decision making process, please don't forget that the people you will harm the most are the same poeple that are helping our country, economically speaking, stay strong. We are the value producers. I bring in money (and pay taxes on it) from all around the world. And that same money gets spent here in the BEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD - THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! There's a lot of folks just like me. As far as percentages go.. we're small I'm sure. Nevertheless, we are producing and that is what's important! You ladies and gentleman have a fine day and God Bless! Sincerely, James Grandstaff Wixom, MICHIGAN