I saw a posting go by suggesting that any message claiming to be CAN-SPAM compliant (hmm, is that rule going to hit _this_ message just because I'm discussing it?) must automatically be spam.
This may not be a good assumption. One of the (possibly unintended) effects of the law is that ALL commercial email messages, even single messages between individuals, must comply with the provisions in the bill -- the only exceptions are for "transactional" email (order confirmations, warranty notices, etc.). Some, but not all, of the labeling provisions are relaxed if recipient has given "affirmative consent" to receive the message. However, it's very likely that a lot of senders are going to "play it safe" and include all the labeling (with the possible exception of Subject-line labeling, when the FTC gets around to defining it) in every message, because (a) that'll be easier than requiring everyone in the company to keep track of who they have permission to send mail to, and (b) there isn't a clear definition of what's sufficient to demonstrate "affirmative consent." (There's a good definition of what "affirmative consent" _is_, but not of what the sender must do to document it in the event the recipient disputes it.) The most significant thing is that we'll be seeing "a functioning return electronic mail address or other Internet-based mechanism, clearly and conspicuously displayed, that ... a recipient may use to submit, in a manner specified in the message, a reply electronic mail message or other form of Internet-based communication requesting not to receive future commercial electronic mail messages from that sender at the electronic mail address where the message was received" in a lot more non-spam mail. Many of the EXCUSE_* rules in now SA may become less useful as a result. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
