Comments:

Re: CAN-SPAM Act Rulemaking, Project No. R411008 To the Commissioners, I applaud your efforts to curb the problem of unsolicited bulk email. However, I am concerned about the proposed requirement for merchants to maintain suppression lists. There are so many problems and costs associated with this idea, and so much damage done to consumers and businesses alike, that I feel I must urge you to consider this matter most carefully. Requirement of the use of suppression lists will seriously damage many of the legitimate publications available on the net. My specific concern is for harm to publishers who require permission from the consumer prior to adding them to any list. They're not who CAN-SPAM was designed to put out of business, but this requirement will very likely 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 could involve, and urge you in the strongest possible terms to reconsider its implementation in light of these problems,Furthermore I am tired of the gvernment telling me who I can , and cannot get mail from! These so called regulations are just another step to control the " NET". I personally have had no problem opting out of any mail I do not want. You are in the process of destroying many legit businesses. How many businesses have to be destroyed before you realize you made a mistake in how far you took CANSPAM. Maybe you need to add regulations to protect businesses that mail to opt-in only lists. I agree that spammers that use harvested lists need to be stopped. Just don't throw out the baby with the bath water!! A lot of the people complaining of spam are ones who need to take lessons on how to approach the "NET". A lot of people get on the "NET" and sign up for anything! This is just as much their responsibility as yhe ones who have Websites. You need to determine if a person actually signed up on a site, and if they did make a regulation giving the site owner a chance to remove that person from their list. IT is also time for "NET" users to be responsible for their actions also. It needs to be a 2-way street!! Just give some thought in it, before destroying a lot of good legit businesses. Respectfully, Joe McElyea Henderson, Nv USA