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>You're not allowed to send unsolicited emails.

Sorry, this is completely false information that is easily verifiable by looking at the wikipedia page for the can spam act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003#Sending_b...

>But when sending unsolicited commercial emails, it must be stated that the email is an advertisement or a marketing solicitation.



Sorry, this is completely correct information if you don’t assume that the US in the only country in the world.

For example, Canada’s Bill C-28¹ explicitly prohibits it.

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¹ — http://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/canada-s-new-anti-spam-law-ap...


Looking at the full context of the quote is useful.

> This is really pushing the boundaries of the CAN-SPAM act. You're not allowed to send unsolicited emails.

The USA is not the only country in the world, but the CAN-SPAM act totally permits unsolicited emails, which is the context of this thread.


> if you don’t assume that the US in the only country in the world.

The US is the only country with a CAN-SPAM Act. Unless Canada has one of those too?




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