Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, I applaud your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk email. As an Internet Marketer, I myself am bombarded by hundreds of SPAM emails daily. I personally have to spend hours each day sorting through my email to weed out the SPAM yet be careful not to delete legitimate business email. I am concerned, however, 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. With a large percentage of SPAM originating from outside of the USA I think it would difficult to enforce the requirement. I feel the best way to curb SPAM is to go after the creators and distributors of bulk email software that manages to get past SPAM filters. I was quite disturbed at the potential problems this ruling could involve, and urge you to reconsider its implementation in light of these problems, Respectfully, Michael D. Barcus Hackettstown, NJ