Email Marketing- New Legislation

In case you missed the big news in the last few weeks, there is a new anti-spam law that was enacted on January 1st 2004. The rules for sending email have changed. Marketing Sherpa has a good summary:

Update Memo: CAN-SPAM Good News & Bad,
Bad, Bad, Bad News

SUMMARY: We just spent two and a half hours quizzing the FTC's attorney on exactly how the new law affects emailers. Here's a quick, handy round-up for you:

Good news: It's fairly easy to comply with message content.

Bad News #1: It's hard to comply with opt-out rules. Welcome to suppression file hell...

Bad News #2: The law applies to more types of organizations and email than you think.

Bad News #3: There's no "grace period."

Bad News #4: And, almost anyone can sue you.

Read on... and then forward to your legal department:
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=2576
(Open access = permanent)

I don't know about you, but my spam hasn't reduced since the start of the year :-(

Best Wishes,
FS

Comments

[pd]

Why does the Internet have to be so different from the standalone computer that we all use?
I like the portable desktop at http://www.goGUI.com. Simple and familiar, fast and efficient. I can drag and drop files, folders, pictures and shortcuts.
Design should involve graphics, not a plethora of environments and navigational labyrinths.

[Maggie Sue]

This is really a crazy world. How can anybody understand all this crazy stuff all around? It’s so meaningless, but in one way it’s fantastic!