Re: [Asrg] FTC tells us what is SPAM

[John Levine <asrg at johnlevine.com>]

>FTC Issues Final Rule Defining What Constitutes a "Commercial Electronic 
>Mail Message"
>
>  Notice Includes Criteria For Determining the "Primary Purpose" of an
>  E-Mail Message

This has vanishingly little to do with defining what spam is.  They're
defining what messages are subject to the CAN SPAM act, which
regulates all commercial e-mail, solicited and unsolicited.

I don't think much of the rules that CAN SPAM defines, but don't shoot
the messenger.  The Congress directed the FTC to regulate some kinds
of email, and the FTC is clarifying what mail that is.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl at taugh.com, Taughannock Networks, Trumansburg NY
http://www.taugh.com


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