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Posted By: MaaMaw In Response To: Re: Well CRAPPYDOODLE!! Including physical address on opt-in email is the PITS..... (Sandi Moses)
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, at 7:11 a.m.
> Putting in a phony address as suggested by Nathan Haines is a no-no.
I'm not sure Nathan was suggesting a phony address (see my response to him).
> I have a Get Response account and they have no problem letting you use a
> PO Box. I use mine. People who deal in any way with the public (such as
> running a home-based business or almost any activity over the internet)
> need to have a barrier of protection from the weirdos out there. ICANN,
> Get Response and the USPS all have provisions for that, and this is one of
> them. :)
At which point I heaved a huge sigh of relief... then I checked my email and found this reply from GetResponse:
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Hello Lesley,
Thank you for contacting GetResponse.
According to Can Spam Act, it requires that commercial email be
identified as an advertisement and include the sender's valid
physical postal address. Your message must contain clear and
conspicuous notice that the message is an advertisement or
solicitation and that the recipient can opt out of receiving
more commercial email from you. It also must include your
valid physical postal address. PO box is not sufficient
according to anti-spam regulations.
To learn more please visit
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/buspubs/canspam.htm
Should you have any other questions, do not
hesitate to ask me and I will be happy to help.
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I'm tempted to sit down and boo-hoo and say, "Why me?" but I'm thinking maybe there's some confusion here.
I'm not sending advertising or solicitations (except as included in my newsletters or REQUESTED emails). I am sending only to people who have OPTED IN.
Maybe I just should have filled in my P.O. Box and not asked, but they said it had to be verified by a human, and I didn't want to waste time having it kicked back. (Hah! Now look at all the time I'm wasting!)
I'm off to read Roadie's response now and see if that clears things up.
Thanks for your reply, Sandi. I emailed GetResponse back and quoted you (no names, in case you were just lucky and slipped through the cracks, hahaha), so I'll see what comes back.
I also quoted this website -- http://www.mofo.com/news/updates/files/update02026.html -- which says:
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Definition of “Valid Physical Postal Address
The Act requires senders of CEMMs to include a 'valid physical postal address,' which many interested parties have interpreted as precluding use of a post office box or private mailbox. The recent notice, however, confirms that U.S. Postal Service boxes and mailboxes established pursuant to U.S.P.S. regulations are 'valid physical addresses' under the Act.
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Thanks again.
Luv,
MaaMaw
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