Comment Number: 516736-00026
Received: 5/25/2005 7:07:33 AM
Organization:
Commenter: Aurelius
State: Not in the US
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Rule: Definitions, Implementation, and Reporting Requirements Under the CAN-SPAM Act
Docket ID: 3084-AA96
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Comments:

Processing of opt-out should be automated, meaning that someone opting out shouldn't have to wait 3 minutes, let alone 3 days or 10 days, before the "marketer" ceases sending out unsolicited mail to an address. They didn't take 3 or 10 days to ADD the address to their list, did they!?!? The standard should also be confirmed opt-in, not opt-out. If merely ONE PERCENT of the businesses in the United States alone decided to send me ONE promotional e-mail every year, I would have to opt out of about SEVEN HUNDRED mailings EVERY DAY. Ergo, opt-out does not scale.