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		handfuloflight on Dec 12, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cold Email Handbook > was okay if you weren't explicitly selling something. The CAN-SPAM Act does not forbid explicitly selling something. Rather it requires an opt-out mechanism and identifiers for who the sender is.

jamesfinlayson on Dec 12, 2024 [–]

Yeah okay - obviously varies by country although I think the opt-out mechanism is pretty universal.

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