Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, I am happy with your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk or Spam email. But I am very concerned about the proposed requirement for merchants like myself to maintain suppression lists. Publishing a weekly newsletter, I feel that I will be greatly disadvantaged in having to maintain suppression list. This will waste many hours of my time every week that I will have to consider if I remain in business or not. The requirement of suppression lists will seriously damage many of the legitimate publications like mine. My specific concern is for harm it will cause my business and that of other publishers who require permission from the consumer prior to adding them to any list. I note that even when I have someone subscribe to my news letter, there many occasions where these subscribers wish to cancel their subscription. Myself and other honest publishers are not the people who the CAN-SPAM was designed to put out of business, but this requirement will have that effect. 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. I was quite surprised at the potential problems this ruling will cause me, and urge you in the strongest possible terms to reconsider its implementation in light of these problems, This act if impleminted will affect my business even though I am running a legal business and abiding by the legal requirements of New Zealand. The possibility of US. court action or prosecution for not complying with this act would mean financial ruin for my business and my family. Respectfully, Peter Green New Zealand