Comments:

Commissioners, I appreciate what you are trying to do. I spend a lot of time deleting what I consider to be ?unsolicited e-mail.? I find that my biggest problem originates with groups that sell my e-mail address to other companies, and not companies sending information to my address randomly. I am a budding e-mail marketer struggling to make a supplemental income from working a second job at home on the web. I am the father of four children and it is difficult to provide for them working my current job. I am hoping one day to generate an income from my internet-endeavors equivalent to that generated by my day job. I suppose I could be chasing a dream but there has to be some incentive to at least try. The Internet is the infrastructure of a new economy and an avenue creating wealth for average people. This new economy is driven primarily by people who are working out of their homes. I am sure this segment of the entrepreneurial class of people are simply trying to make it with the same hope that any entrepreneur would have of ultimate success. I would caution about applying regulations to any opportunities or groups which offer a chance to create supplemental income for the working class. The idea of regulating e-mail is not a good idea in this age of deregulation. Additionally, If I could make a suggestion: I would suggest that the use of safe mail be expanded to include every e-mail user. A person could join any e-mail group and opt-out at anytime of their choosing. They would not be required to receive mail from anyone that they are not affiliated with in someway. Think about it, we all receive junk mail in our residential mailbox. We simply throw it away. Is it reasonable to expect anything different in the electronic age we function in now? Any regulation of electronic mail would ultimately have to be applied to the more expensive land (hardcopy) mail. The market will drive and determine how Spam should be dealt with; let the market pressures take control and solve this problem with out interjecting artificial rules and regulations.Thank you for considering my position.