He provided an opt-out link, he didn't use an open relay and it wasn't misleading the customer in any way. He didn't violate any US laws. Interestingly enough

He provided an opt-out link, he didn't use an open relay and it wasn't misleading the customer in any way. He didn't violate any US laws. Interestingly enough, it also exempts "transactional or relationship messages" and only applies to email that is promoting a commercial product/service. At the time of the email, he had nothing for sale on his site. You can see more about this law here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN-SPAM_Act_of_2003 The problem is that most of the time, the people that want something for free have already signed up for a million other free things and are overly-sensitive about spam.