On 18 Nov 2018, at 22:19, Joe Acquisto-j4 wrote:
Gents,
I somehow became subscribed to a list, political in nature, in whose
mail I have no interest. This is a legitimate AFAIK, US organization.
Thus far, several uses of their unsubscribe link had not provided
relief. Direct email to the founder and operations manager seem to
have been ignored as well.
While I can just dump their mail, it offends my finely hones sense of
propriety, justice and my all around good nature. Besides, it hoses
me off.
So, is there some "authority" to which I can report these a**holes?
that might have an effect?
Short answer: No.
Political and charitable entities are not governed by the main anti-spam
law in the US (known as "CAN-SPAM") on the theory that if they were not,
they could invalidate the whole law on constitutional grounds. CAN-SPAM
only governs *commercial* email, which has weaker legal protection from
government regulation than does political speech or straight
solicitations for charity.
