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It is my understanding that there is consideration of a suppression list. I feel that if this implimented will cause more harm than good and those who are given to spamming will ignore it anyway.Dispite the laws already on the books I still get lots of spam, much of which cannot be opted out of because of lack of valid addresses or the opt out link is dead. The suppression list, as the spam filters are already doing, will only make life on the internet more difficult for those who are operating legitimately. Already I have to spend extra time reading email explaining I have to go online to read what before I could simply receive in the one email. Equally time consuming is having to read all the disclaimers, opt out info and explanations before I get to the information I subscribed to the ezine for in the first place. The suppression list is more likely to increase the spam I receive and limit access to the information I desire, and not the other way around. Every medium has potential for negative use as well as good. Imagine if television or radio advertisers had to keep a list of persons who did not want to hear or see an advertisers ad again. Or if movie distributers were no longer allowed to add trailers for movies other than the one purchases or were made to provide an opt out provision for those of us who do not want to watch four or five trailers before we get to see the movie we paid for. Lets be careful that we don't throw the baby out with the bath water! Thank you for this opportunity to comment Michael S. Burgman