Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners: The VAST MAJORITY of SPAM originates outside of US boundries and jurisdiction -- this entire bill will have little or no effect on SPAM volume. A whole new overseas industry of hosting web sites to the detriment of US web hosts has been/is being created to bypass this entire bill. NOTE: There are millions of rural homes that do not a "real" address or have US Postal Service delivery and MUST use a PO Box number. I am one of them. I cannot supply a physical address that has any use to anyone from a commercial standpoint. Please don't lose sight of the fact that tens of thousands of honest, legitimate merchants such as I will very likly be put out of business by the "suppression list" requirements. Has anyone considered the effect on greatly reduced tax revenue from such individuals? Not to mention greatly reduced tax revenues from US web hosts. 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 was quite surprised at the potential problems this ruling could involve, and urge you in the strongest possible terms to reconsider its implementation in light of these problems, Respectfully, James Anderson Honaunau, Hawaii