*1. CAN-SPAM Compliance*:
As of January 1st 2004, the United States has enacted legislation which regulates the transmission of commercial email messages. This Act, cited as the `Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003', or more commonly known as the ‘CAN-SPAM Act of 2003' establishes federal law for regulating the transmission of commercial email messages. The full text of this law can be found here:
http://www.spamlaws.com/federal/index.html
In order to ensure compliance with the CAN-SPAM Act, Midnite Web enforces a zero-tolerance policy for all clients/subscribers. The following rules, compiled primarily from the CAN-SPAM Act, are strictly
Enforced:
1. All commercial email must be clearly and
conspicuously identified as an advertisement and/or solicitation. The content of the Message must include wording to the effect of "This e- mail message Is an advertisement and/or solicitation."
2. All commercial email must contain a valid postal mailing address.
3. A functioning opt-out mechanism must be included. Recipients must Not be mailed more than 10 days after the recipient has opted-out
Of the list.
4. Address harvesting and/or dictionary attacks, in which commercial Email is sent to addresses that were collected from the Internet Compiled by automated means, is prohibited.
5. Subject headings that mislead the recipient as to the true nature of the message's content are prohibited. Subject headings that use 're:' or 'fw:' to imply that there has been previous
Correspondence when none exists are prohibited.
6. False or misleading transmission information, such as from: or Reply To: headers that are technically accurate but misrepresentative of the message's true origins are prohibited.
7. The use of proxies or relays to send commercial email is prohibited.
8. Commercial messages sent must have a mechanism for identifying the Recipient address of an anonymous complainant.
This should be
Accomplished by encrypting the recipient address in the header or
body of the message. Upon request,
the decryption or revealing Mechanism must be supplied such that anonymous complainants can be Identified and added to the suppression list.
9. Adult content is currently prohibited.