| Comment Number: | OL-100017 |
| Received: | 8/16/2004 2:00:23 PM |
| Organization: | LHHF |
| Commenter: | Ralph Nelson |
| State: | MD |
| Agency: | Federal Trade Commission |
| Rule: | Definitions, Implementation, and Reporting Requirements Under the CAN-SPAM Act (NPRM) |
| Docket ID: | [3084-AA96] |
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Comments:
Given the last few years of "click here to unsubscribe" on most spam mails that simply validate the email address and /increase/ rather than /decrease/ the quantity of spam received, opt-out clearly does not work. Therefore, any email sent to a recipient list which is not "opt-in with confirmation" should also be considered spam. Currently, a huge number of spammers claim that recipients have been given the opportunity to "opt-out" when in fact they have been added en-masse by an unauthorized person (e.g. anyone who is not the owner of the email account) in the first place.