Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, Everyone certainly applauds your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited e-mail, however, we are concerned about the requiremtns for merchants that you've proposed to maintain supression lists. Why in the world would you want to do something like this when there is so much cost involved and problems associated with this idea. The damage done to consumers and businesses alike, it could get rather messy. Please consider this carefully before doing anything. The use of suppression lists could very seriously damage many of the publications, the legitimate ones, that are available on the net. Specifically, the harm that would be done to the 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. I thought we were after those nasty little spammers whom I've gotten more junk from since the regulation went into effect months ago. Couldn't we just concentrate on an idea that would get rid of those, the ones that carry the nasty little viruses? 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. There's the problem, as I mentioned above! 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, Robin Hall Michigan, USA