Re: Water tight opt-in (yet another FUSSP)

"Neil Schwartzman" <[email protected]> 11 Jan 2014 09:23:54 -0500
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On Jan 6, 2014, at 7:13 PM, Dave Warren <[email protected]> wrote:

> it is laughed off as a "Well I don't see a problem when I don't look =
very hard" by one of the professionals who makes money from the same =
industry that makes their money sending unwanted spamvertising in the =
first place.

Since I work for a major receiver would my laughing this off be more =
credible (not that I accept for a moment that Laura=92s comments lack =
credibility, or yours being mean-spirited and insulting)?

=46rom what I can parse this proposal involves receivers changing =
infrastructure to fix a problem for which we already have a solution, =
AND it makes receivers the de facto curators of permission, which may =
have associated legal liabilities. So, more cost, and potential exposure =
with no benefits to our customers? Proposing this would be career =
suicide.

Allow me to have a long belly laugh.

The sender of email has, as part of their normal operating =
responsibilities and costs, the need to collect and retain permission =
data, mostly for legal purposes (permission doesn=92t figure into SMTP =
nor reputational decisions for message disposition). Under Canada=92s =
Anti-spam Legislation, there is a follow-the-money r=E9gime. Were a =
receiver to be the holder of permission data, and somewhere along the =
line screwed it up, implementation of this scheme may leave them exposed =
to investigations and administrative monetary penalties.

I see zero motivating factors to help Senders deal with any problems at =
their end, and many potential negatives.=20

Neil Schwartzman
Executive Director
Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial Email
http://cauce.org
Tel : (303) 800-6345
Twitter : @cauce=

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-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">On Jan =
6, 2014, at 7:13 PM, Dave Warren &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:
<div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote =
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none; display: inline !important;">it is laughed off as a "Well I don't =
see a problem when I don't look very hard" by one of the professionals =
who makes money from the same industry that makes their money sending =
unwanted spamvertising in the first =
place.</span></blockquote></div><br><div>Since I work for a major =
receiver would my laughing this off be more credible (not that I accept =
for a moment that Laura=92s comments lack credibility, or yours being =
mean-spirited and insulting)?</div><div><br></div><div>=46rom what I can =
parse this proposal involves receivers changing infrastructure to fix a =
problem for which we already have a solution, AND it makes receivers the =
de facto curators of permission, which may have associated legal =
liabilities. So, more cost, and potential exposure with no benefits to =
our customers? Proposing this would be career =
suicide.</div><div><br></div><div>Allow me to have a long belly =
laugh.</div><div><br></div><div>The sender of email has, as part of =
their normal operating responsibilities and costs, the need to collect =
and retain permission data, mostly for legal purposes (permission =
doesn=92t figure into SMTP nor reputational decisions for message =
disposition). Under Canada=92s Anti-spam Legislation, there is a =
follow-the-money r=E9gime. Were a receiver to be the holder of =
permission data, and somewhere along the line screwed it up, =
implementation of this scheme may leave them exposed to investigations =
and administrative monetary penalties.</div><div><br></div><div>I see =
zero motivating factors to help Senders deal with any problems at their =
end, and many potential negatives.&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><div =
style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; =
-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div>Neil =
Schwartzman</div><div>Executive Director</div><div>Coalition Against =
Unsolicited Commercial Email</div><div><a =
href=3D"http://cauce.org">http://cauce.org</a></div><div>Tel : (303) =
800-6345</div></div><div>Twitter : @cauce</div></div></body></html>=

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