> On Sep 23, 2021, at 9:08 PM, John Levine via mailop <[email protected]> wrote: > > It appears that Jarland Donnell via mailop <[email protected]> said: >>> * “the provider has a good faith, reasonable belief that the message >>> contains malicious computer code, obscene material, material depicting >>> sexual conduct, or material that violates other law” >> >> And guess what I have on all of my spam filters? Good faith, reasonable >> evidence and belief that it contains material which violates the law: >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 > > CAN SPAM *allows* you to filter but it does not *require* you to filter. > Under CAN SPAM, > unsolicited ads are entirely legal if they have an opt-out link and are not > deceptive.
However, CAN-SPAM is Federal law, which trumps state law - even, yes, Texas law (editorial comment about Texas and their view of their laws withheld). Anne -- Anne P. Mitchell, Attorney at Law CEO Get to the Inbox - We get you into the inbox! Author: The Email Deliverability Handbook Author: Section 6 of the Federal Email Marketing Law (CAN-SPAM) Email Marketing Deliverability and Best Practices Expert Board of Directors, Denver Internet Exchange Chair Emeritus, Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop Former Counsel: MAPS Anti-Spam Blacklist Location: Boulder, Colorado _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list [email protected] https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
