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Definition[]

E-mail[]

The term initiate

. . . when used with respect to a commercial electronic mail message, means to originate or transmit such message or to procure the origination or transmission of such message, but shall not include actions that constitute routine conveyance of such message. For purposes of this paragraph, more than one person may be considered to have initiated a message.”[1]

References[]

  1. 15 U.S.C. §7701(9).
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