Comment Number: OL-100179
Received: 3/14/2004 4:05:16 PM
Organization:
Commenter: Dennis Reiley
State: MI
Agency: Federal Trade Commission
Rule: CAN-SPAM ANPR
Docket ID: [3084-AA96]
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Comments:

CAN-SPAM as written cannot possibly stop spam. The flaw is in the term Opt-Out. The only possible way to stop spam is to make it illegal to send messages or hire the sending of messages of a commercial nature to anyone who has not requested such messages from that sender. In other words only Opt-In can be permissable. The only valid advertising on the Internet should be located on websites and as part of newsletters or other email that the recipient requested.