Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008To the Commissioners,I am extremely grateful for your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk email. I am, however concerned about the proposed requirement for merchants to maintain suppression lists.If implemented, so many problems and costs associated with this idea would do damage to consumers and businesses alike. Please reconsider this matter most carefully.Requiring the use of suppression lists wouldseriously damage many of the legitimate publications available on the net. Specifically the publishers who require permission from the consumer prior to adding them to any list would be harmed.Although these are NOT the targetted "merchants" whom CAN-SPAM was designed to put out ofbusiness, this requirement would most likely havethat effect on them.There is also potential for significant harm to theconsumers, because of the problem of properly establishing their intent when they unsubscribe from a list. And what if on top of all that, these suppression lists fall into the hands of the spammers? They have already chosen to defy existing laws and disregard any respect for the consumer; we could end up with even more spam instead of less. The potential problems this ruling could involve are surprising perhaps but I urge you in the strongestpossible terms to reconsider its implementation in light of these problems,Respectfully,Renate HachkowskiAlberta, CANADA