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msbeejay
05-24-2008, 07:00 PM
Let me direct your attention to an Article that I wrote:

"Are You Adhering to the
CAN-SPAM ACT of 2003?"
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By BJ Minnich, Site Owner (12/20/2007)
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Here is an observation about people who send out emails about their particular opportunity, product and program: It seems that NOT everybody in the United States is adhering to the "CAN SPAM ACT of 2003!" see following requirements and note the ruling with the image beside it in particular:


Here's a rundown of the law's main provisions:
It bans false or misleading header information.Your email's "From," "To," and routing information – including the originating domain name and email address – must be accurate and identify the person who initiated the email.


It prohibits deceptive subject lines. The subject line cannot mislead the recipient about the contents or subject matter of the message.


It requires that your email give recipients an opt-out method.
You must provide a return email address or another Internet-based response mechanism that allows a recipient to ask you not to send future email messages to that email address, and you must honor the requests.

You may create a "menu" of choices to allow a recipient to opt out of certain types of messages, but you must include the option to end any commercial messages from the sender.

Any opt-out mechanism you offer must be able to process opt-out requests for at least 30 days after you send your commercial email. When you receive an opt-out request, the law gives you 10 business days to stop sending email to the requestor's email address.

You cannot help another entity send email to that address, or have another entity send email on your behalf to that address.

Finally, it's illegal for you to sell or transfer the email addresses of people who choose not to receive your email, even in the form of a mailing list, unless you transfer the addresses so another entity can comply with the law.


:rolleyes: It requires that commercial email be identified as an advertisement and include the sender's valid physical postal address. Your message must contain clear and conspicuous notice that the message is an advertisement or solicitation and that the recipient can opt out of receiving more commercial email from you. It also must include your valid physical postal address.
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CLICK HERE (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.htm) to read entire CAN-SPAM ACT of 2003! __________________________________________________ _______________

Why would anyone want to promote their ad campaigns "anonymously" ...IF, they are truly running a legitimate business operation? ...

Do you REALLY believe that hiding behind "Anonymity" IS the best way to gain someone's trust? ...

How about you?

Would you be willing to Join under a person who DID NOT bother disclosing their FULL Name, Physical Address or Contact Information? ...

Probably not, right?

After all, isn't conducting business on the "Net" challenging enough without putting up additional roadblocks on your pathway(s) to success...

That is all for now, until the next time "God Bless and Good Luck on your life long endeavors!"

PS: The opinion expressed in this article DOES NOT reflect the views by the Management of SX!

dehawkinz
05-24-2008, 08:26 PM
hmmmm

apart from the fact that the CAN-SPAM act has been demonstrably unsuccessful, it only applies to email sent from the USA so a emailer from outside the US can ignore it.

I personally have no great desire to be displaying my full name, physical address, and I will provide only secure, non-identifiable, contact information. WHY?? because I value my personal privacy. YES you can find the information out if you look, but why make it easier for identity fraudsters?

I would never support a UK equivalent of the Act, because it is unworkable given the internets global nature - it is nothing more than a sop to the sensabilities of the majority of users who fail to understand or adopt personal privacy policies of their own.

Sorry if this seems harsh, but the simple facts of modern online life are that people will attempt to spam you, if you do not take action to protect yourself, why should you expect others to make up for your shortcomings?

DeHawkinz

PLEASE NOTE These views are my own personal views and are not intended to represent the views of StartXchange!

inge
05-25-2008, 06:03 AM
I personally have no great desire to be displaying my full name, physical address, and I will provide only secure, non-identifiable, contact information.

I agree 100%: The can-spam act doesn't work, and no one seems to be penalized for breaking the rules.

I had a very personal e-mail address with my first and last name, and one of my friends' computer was infected with a virus that spread the address around. If was picked up by someone who used it as a sender's address, and I received tons of bounce messages because HIS list contained many non-existing addresses. I had to disable that address.

I've been a member of various safelists. I use many TEs, and most of them send out daily e-mails with various opportunities. I hardly read them, and I don't expect other people to read them. I wouldn't expect my mails to be read. Well, maybe if I sent millions a few would be read, but that would be spamming anyway.

They say that you need a list. Well, I have one. It's very short. It contains the addresses of my friends, and the last thing I would do to them is spamming them with opportunities.

Sometimes I'm glad I don't live in the USA, but the fact is that we have some stupid laws too. :)

One more thing: I used to get a lot of spam mails every day. Now I get only one or two, because I've set up some filters with my ISP that stops most of them. In some cases I can see what mails have been stopped (depending on criteria) so I know approximately how many have been sent.
For some senders I have an automatic reply that the address doesn't exist. This seems to stop some of the senders.
I use different e-mail addresses for different systems (like TEs) so if an address is used by someone else than where I signed up, I'll know who's had a security breach.

ameastre
05-30-2008, 05:13 PM
Just a corollary (in addition to the 'better in print than action' points), PO boxes are valid 'locations'. Interesting how many people quoting the act skip (or disagree) with that, but they were never 'rejected' in the initial paperwork and later discussed with agreement that PO Boxes are no more likely to be fraudulent than actual building addresses.

The reason I make this point is because I DO use my PO Box, in fact that's why I got it. For businesses with 'brick and mortar' locations, it makes sense to use a building address. For those running purely online businesses (or whose offline activities include only shipping), there are real security issues, as dehawkinz points out. I'm doing business to secure my family's future, not put them at risk because some people in the same business as me lacks morals or good judgment.

Not to say I don't understand the 'anonymous' argument. I trust sites using private registrations a lot less than those where the owner discloses some real information. However, displaying 'personal' information doesn't stop some people from doing bad things, so it does all come down to research.

soph142
05-30-2008, 05:53 PM
Just an aside ~~

I was using SpamCop to report spam
Somehow I lost (forgot?) both my user name and password there after a drama laden uninstall/ reinstall FireFox about 8 weeks ago

I just wonder ~~ my spam has dropped dramatically since then whow!
Now I do wonder if my reports sent to the various ISP providors could be traced back via my email addy or other at SpamCop!

No way am i doing them down, it could just all be a coincedence

Comments please :cool:

msbeejay
05-30-2008, 06:34 PM
Just an aside ~~

I was using SpamCop to report spam

Somehow I lost (forgot?) both my user name and password there
after a drama laden uninstall/ reinstall FireFox about 8 weeks ago

I just wonder ~~ my spam has dropped dramatically since then whow!
Now I do wonder if my reports sent to the various ISP providors could
be traced back via my email addy or other at SpamCop!

No way am i doing them down, it could just all be a coincedence

Comments please :cool:


Not sure what you are asking, soph142...But anyway, everything you do on the computer leaves a string of code that is traceable and it does not matter if you delete something, it can still be recovered...In other words, every keystroke leaves a track that anybody who is knowledgeable can read!

Not you or I, but people like Tim...Inge...DeHawkinz...who know about the inner workings of a computer and what makes them tick (so-to-speak)

As to your log-in information, you can probably still get that from SpamCop if you still have their "Welcome Letter?"

Sorry can't be much more help than that...

God Bless and Keep on surfing everyday to 100 page views plus!

bformhals
06-01-2008, 10:32 PM
Nice post and useful iformation. Hope others read it