ClickZ: FTC Seeks Comments on 'Primary Purpose' of E-Mail

The Federal Trade Commission, ordered by Congress to come up with some rules to determine which emails fall under greater Can-Spam Act scrutiny, is seeking public comment to figure out just what is a "commercial email." In the end, newsletters and other emails with significant editorial content will likely be exempted from the extra restrictions, as has been worked out by federal courts in other media such as print.