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Autoresponders and Spam – What You Need To Know
by SH Toh There are laws against sending spam. There areeven laws that you must adhere to when you send
out email that was requested. No matter what type
of email you are sending out, the chances are good
that the anti-spam laws apply to you in some way.
In order to be in compliance with the anti-spam laws
in various states in the US, each commercial email
that you send must include your name or business
name, your street address, city, state, zip code,
and phone number. You must also include
instructions that will allow the recipient to remove
themselves from your mailing list. If you fail to do
any of this, you are essentially breaking the law in
various states – no matter what state or country you
live in!
Protect yourself from spam complaints in any way
that you can. Make sure that when a customer
requests any type of information from you, send an
email requesting confirmation before the information is sent.
If someone is placing an order from you, include a check box
on the order form, asking for permission to send them periodic
emails. Never use your autoresponder to send unsolicited
commercial email!
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Ivan Dear
 Web DeveloperSure.. That is very good Advice too.., another way.. check all your mail header from before you send.. ;) Feb 20th 2008 19:36 |
VERY GOOD advice. I have one autoresponder myself. In fact I have a blog on it. When people receive replies sent to my autoresponder, they have ALL the options available to them to opt out if they wish. It is automatically set up in the system. I went ONE step further...I even included a way for them to CONTACT ME DIRECTLY to opt out. I have had a few 'opt outs' contact me. We had communications, all very good and no hard feelings on either part. ALL went smooth, they were removed and no SPAM complaints ever occurred. THANKS for starting this discussion. It IS a very imporant and SERIOUS subject.
Karl
Feb 20th 2008 10:48