For those who didn't know, you may find this infuria...interesting. Did you know that CAN-SPAM mandated that the FTC look at creating a Do Not Email list and report their findings within 6 months of CAN-SPAM being enacted? That report was created and delivered, and it is 60 pages of "why we can't do that", culminating in "the Commission concludes that, under present conditions, a National Do Not Email Registry in any form would not have any beneficial impact on the spam problem. It is clear, based on spammers’ abilities to exploit the structure of the email system, that the development of a practical and effective means of authentication is a necessary tool to fight spam. Therefore, the Commission encourages the private market to develop an authentication standard. Authentication is not only required to make a Registry effective, but may even substantially address the underlying problem that prompted Congress to consider the establishment of a Registry."
You can read all 60 pages here: https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/reports/can-spam-act-2003-national-do-not-email-registy-federal-trade-commission-report-congress/report.pdf _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
