[epub] RE: List Fatigue (EPUB Q? of the week)

[Dawn Rivers Baker <editor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 02:30 PM 12/27/04, you wrote:
> Your conclusion is right. I'd avoid saying that anything
> that's CAN-SPAM compliant isn't spam, though. (I get a fair
> amount of spam that meets the requirements.)
>
> I don't think we want to encourage the idea that following the
> law means it's not spam. The FTC, and the Act itself, make it
> clear that that isn't the intended interpretation.


Actually, I'm finding that there are a lot of people who think CAN-SPAM is 
supposed to stop spam, and that compliance absolves the sender from the 
accusation of sending spam.

As Paul points out, that's not at all the case. The Act doesn't even 
attempt to stop spam.

What it does do is to prohibit spoofing, phishing (to the extent it wasn't 
already a crime, i.e., fraud and theft), and ignoring those unsubscribe 
requests.

The feds are still looking to private industry to solve the spam problem. 
Progress is being made but I'd say we're at least a year out from a 
workable solution that can be widely deployed easily.

Cheers!
Dawn


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