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Summary: [Reprinted with permission from the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy] 10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM 1. CAN-SPAM applies only to commercial email. 2. CAN-SPAM applies to email for which a primary purpose ...

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[Reprinted with permission from the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy]

10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM

1. CAN-SPAM applies only to commercial email.

2. CAN-SPAM applies to email for which a primary purpose is to feature your goods, services, or content even if you do not send the email yourself; however

3. CAN-SPAM does not apply to third-party advertisers who advertise in your mailings.

4. CAN-SPAM can apply to email sent out by your affiliates on your behalf; however

5. CAN-SPAM will not apply to email sent out by your affiliates on your behalf unless you know, or should know, that the email is being sent in violation of CAN-SPAM and you stand to gain from it financially, and you don’t try to stop it.

6. CAN-SPAM requires that all information in your email headers and body be true, accurate, and not misleading.

7. CAN-SPAM requires you to provide a fully-functioning means of return Internetbased communication for the purpose of the recipient opting-out of your mailings.

8. CAN-SPAM requires you to honor those opt-out requests, and to immediately cease sharing the user’s address even with previously agreed-to partners.

9. CAN-SPAM does not require that you use confirmed opt-in for your mailings, however it is one of the best defenses against an accusation of CAN-SPAM violation.

10. CAN-SPAM does not require ISPs to accept email which is CAN-SPAM compliant. In fact, ISPs are specifically exempted from claims that they must accept email if it complies with CAN-SPAM.

“10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM” is available as a freely-distributable PDF file from the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy, at http://www.isipp.com/ten-things.pdf

10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM

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  1. 10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM
    [Reprinted with permission from the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy] 10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM 1. CAN-SPAM applies only to commercial email. 2. CAN-SPAM applies to email for which a primary purpose is to feature your…

    Trackback by Lockergnome's IT Professionals — 12/16/2004 @ 9:34 pm

  2. 10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM
    [Reprinted with permission from the Institute for Spam and Internet Public Policy] 10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM 1. CAN-SPAM applies only to commercial email. 2. CAN-SPAM applies to email for which a primary purpose is to feature your…

    Trackback by Lockergnome's IT Professionals — 12/16/2004 @ 9:34 pm

  3. I would like to find out how to spam legally!!

    Comment by The Giant — 12/21/2004 @ 6:16 am

  4. ten things you should know about Can-Spam
    Thanks Lockergnome for this handy short cut to the important things. 10 Things You Should Know About CAN-SPAM - Reported by Aunty Spam’s Net Patrol What it doesn’t say though is that the law totally doesn’t work, hasn’t worked, and…

    Trackback by Deep Green Crystals — 12/28/2004 @ 11:09 pm

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