On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 11:33:31AM +0900, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
I can also tell you that in the three cases just mentioned, it doesn't matter what your footer says. All three have terms of service that allow them to decide what is spam based on any driteria they like. AFAIK, having an unsubscribe link in the footer isn't one of them.[1] Bulk mailers are strongly encouraged to register with them, and basically swear an oath not to spam.[2]
Or, indeed, pay them…
All of the registration procedures are different,
They used to be quite hidden, but I seem to be able to find them quite easily, when I need to, these days.
as are the procedures for getting out of the doghouse once you land there (and anybody mailing to 10,000 people or more on one service does sooner or later).
+1. Even 5000 seems to be the threshold these days, for unknown netblocks.
-- "It has never been the rule in this country – I hope it never will be – that suspected criminal offences must automatically be the subject of prosecution." -- Hartley Shawcross, then (1951) Attorney-General