laws on sending an email blast from the forum?

[jonsidneyb]

I am planning on sending out a mass email to the forum members.

It will be about a forum branded product.

What are the laws on this and what do I need to do to be legal?

I am in the USA.

 

[MattW]

As long as you use the option for sending to members who choose to receive e-mail from administrators, I can't see there being anything you need to worry about.

 

[D.O.A.]

read your hosts TOS for bulk email sending (if they have anything specifically against it - maybe a shared host would whine about it) other than that unless your emails are flagged as spam somehow and your network IP gets blacklisted there is no law stopping you.
also; something for your host to ponder http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework

 

[TheBigK]

I just hope that once the lawsuit is over, XF will have the ability to define how many emails to send per second and have a better user search criteria.

 

[ManagerJosh]

I am planning on sending out a mass email to the forum members.

It will be about a forum branded product.

What are the laws on this and what do I need to do to be legal?

I am in the USA.

see: Can-spam laws.

 

[jonsidneyb]

I really need to look but how slowly can I have a mass emailing go out to 30k members....does that help make it not look at bad?

 

[Alpha1]

http://www.spamlaws.com/federal/index.shtml
http://www.spamlaws.com/state/index.shtml

Also see the ToS of major email service providers, like microsoft, google, yahoo, etc.
You will probably find my article helpful: http://www.vbulletin.org/forum/showthread.php?p=1533552
It relates to vbulletin but most applies to any forum software.
Also interesting: www.dmarc.org

 

[steven s]

I really need to look but how slowly can I have a mass emailing go out to 30k members....does that help make it not look at bad?

Is it a dedicated server?
I routinely send out 9K emails on our VPS but our host knows about it.

 

[Carlos]

I think you shouldn't worry too much about this stuff.

I think these laws and rules are for those crazy 24/7 spamming sites. Google bans them for a reason.

 

[watshelly]

See email marketing Can-Spam law: http://emailmarketing.comm100.com/email-marketing-ebook/can-spam-law.aspx
Hope it helps.