Re: [mailop] HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread Andrew C Aitchison via mailop
On Fri, 29 Jul 2022, Justin Scott via mailop wrote: Interestingly any email "operator" with fewer than 500 employees or less than $5 billion in annual revenue is exempt, so clearly targeted at the major providers and not self-hosted operators or small hosting companies, thankfully. Yes, but

Re: [mailop] HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread Michael Rathbun via mailop
On Sat, 30 Jul 2022 18:44:10 +, "Larry M. Smith via mailop" wrote: >.. I really don't know, but I tend to discount the belief that this is a >conspiracy against them. Looking over the past seven years' data, I find that exactly one Democrat campaign purchased an address that delivers here.

Re: [mailop] HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread Jarland Donnell via mailop
I think in this case we all know what they're doing and you've hit it dead on. They're targeting Gmail and they're not really interested in anyone else. On 2022-07-30 11:16, Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop wrote: I'm not an American, so it's basically "not my fairy-tale" (as we say in our country),

Re: [mailop] HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread Larry M. Smith via mailop
On 7/29/2022, Anne Mitchell via mailop wrote: I want to be sure that everyone here is aware of a piece of pending legislation in the U.S. that is in committee in both the House and the Senate right now. It's called the Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022 (BIAS is short for “Bias In Algorithm

Re: [mailop] HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop
I'm not an American, so it's basically "not my fairy-tale" (as we say in our country), but I can't stop wondering at the use of the word "label" in the proposed regulation. I already asked (in a bit sarcastic tone) in one of the previous emails, what is a "label" in context of email in general.

Re: [mailop] ** CAUTION! SUSPICIOUS EMAIL **Re: HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread L. Mark Stone via mailop
Some questions and thoughts on HR 8160 and SB 4409 and the CAN-SPAM Act... Are operators covered by HR 8160 and SB 4409 still allowed to block emails that do not comply with the CAN-SPAM Act? Of the 7 requirements in the FTC's CAN-SPAM Act compliance guide

Re: [mailop] HR 8160 and SB 4409: The "You're not allowed to run political campaign email through your spam filter" act

2022-07-30 Thread Hal Murray via mailop
Is there any hard data? This seems like thesis bait. I'd expect there to be a steady trickle of papers or reports with good data on political spam. Where are they? I hear lots of complaints by conservatives/Republicans that the spam filters are biased against them. If they send more spam,