Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking To the Commissioners, I applaud your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk email. 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. In the meantime, I still get just as much porn as ever. My daughter has children who use her computer. I don't get porn popups but she does. She hasn't figured out how to stop them. I just started my online business. I have been out of work for over a year (37 yrs with same co - downsized) and have had no luck with finding a job. I am morbidly obese and 57 yrs old. No one wants to hire me despite my qualifications. With a business on the web, no one sees that. With my website launched 4/5/04, it is no good if I can't advertise. I have a clean website - no porno, illegal activities, I just sell peoples products and link to ebay where I sell my own. I need to let former customers and friends know but that would be commercial. I still can't make a living. My savings are gone and I am borrowing money from a friend to live (divorced, I live alone) and my bills go on whether I am working or not. Yet, I still, although filtered to junk, receive several porn emails a day. And I am afraid to advertise to my friends, afraid I will be reported by someone for spam or filtered out. I fully support opt-in/out capabilities but I may want to opt out of one email for personal reasons but don't want to be on a national registry that would require everyone to remove me. With suppression listes, there is the potential for significant harm to consumers, because of the problem of properly knowing their intent when they unsubscribe from a list. They may just not want off a certain list, not every list. I have had to unsubscribe from some lists because I wasn't very interested and had more email than I could handle. If each mailer would tend to his own list, subscribers could then receive the email they want and opt out of what they don't. I still get email that makes it hard to opt out of. I feel that the opt out option should be standardized. I will use an opt out link that goes to a screen that either tells me I have been removed or asks for the email I want removed. It makes me angry when I am asked to copy a link to get to the opt out. I still see those. CanSpam is great if, and only if, it is done right. Otherwise, it is interfering with out constitutional rights. I don't feel I should have the freedom to send objectional material and I should have the right to not receive it, as should everyone. My opinion of "objectional" may not be the same as yours. I should be able to make that decision for myself as should everyone else. Just because I don't want one email doesn't mean I don't want another. 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, Rose Staggs *REDACTED PERSONAL INFORMATION* Lawrenceburg, TN *REDACTED PERSONAL INFORMATION*