ASAE comments on spam regulations.ASAE ASAE American Society of Association Executives ASAE American Society of Agricultural Engineers (Society for Engineering in Agricultural, Food, and Biological Systems) ASAE Alkali-Sulfite-Anthraquinone-Ethanol comments on spam E-mail that is not requested. Also known as "unsolicited commercial e-mail" (UCE), "unsolicited bulk e-mail" (UBE), "gray mail" and just plain "junk mail," the term is both a noun (the e-mail message) and a verb (to send it). regulations. ASAE recently submitted comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission's query regarding determining an e-mail's "primary purpose." ASAE stated that e-mails that further the tax-exempt purpose of a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. and that are sent to members, donors, or other constituencies should not be considered commercial and therefore should not be covered by the CANSPAM CANSPAM Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act Act of 2003, even if such messages include marketing, promotion, or sales information. To view the full comments, visit info.asaenet.org/pdf/asae_spam_act_comments.pdf. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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