--- title: "CAN-SPAM postal address choices for real estate newsletters" description: "Review street-address, post-office-box, and private-mailbox options before approving a real estate newsletter footer. 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Keep that decision with the sending-account records so later templates use the same approved information. This article explains published address options and proposes a review worksheet for real estate agents. Ask counsel to assess your actual campaign and address choice. Use the [newsletter send-review guide](/articles/can-spam-agent-newsletter-send-review) for the broader campaign review. ## Why does the postal address need its own review? The footer makes business location information visible to recipients. The FTC states: “Your message must include your valid physical postal address.” [FTC business guide, fetched 2026.10.22](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business). Have the responsible reviewer approve the specific address. Treat the sender identity, mailbox registration, and public disclosure choice as connected decisions rather than accepting a template default. ## What address options does the regulation identify? It identifies the sender's current street address, an accurately registered postal-service box, or an accurately registered private mailbox with a qualifying commercial mail receiving agency. [Address definition, fetched 2026.10.22](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-316/section-316.2). The definition connects the address and any mailbox registration to the sender. Have counsel review how that definition applies to your proposed arrangement. ## Does the address have to be a home address? The published definition includes mailbox alternatives to a street address. The FTC describes a registered postal-service box and a private mailbox registered with an agency established under postal-service regulations. [FTC address options, fetched 2026.10.22](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business). If home privacy concerns you, compare those options with your reviewer before changing the footer. Do not substitute an unregistered address or a location copied from another business. ## What should be verified for a street address? Confirm that it is current and belongs in the approved sender's record. Obtain the exact formatting from the responsible business owner. Ask who receives mail there and who will maintain the address when circumstances change. Keep evidence of the approved choice in a private account record rather than placing supporting documents in the newsletter. ## What should be verified for a post-office box? Check the registration record, current status, approved sender, and formatted mailing address. The regulation's definition refers to a box accurately registered with the postal service. [Address definition, fetched 2026.10.22](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-316/section-316.2). Ask the mailbox holder to confirm the arrangement before publication. Leave suitability UNRESOLVED when registration or sender identity cannot be established. ## What should be verified for a private mailbox? Ask for the registration and provider information needed to review the arrangement. The regulation refers to a “commercial mail receiving agency” established under postal-service regulations. [Private-mailbox definition, fetched 2026.10.22](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-C/part-316/section-316.2). Do not infer qualification from a provider's street-style address. Have the responsible reviewer confirm the actual mailbox arrangement and approved sender. ## Is every virtual-office product an acceptable substitute? Its suitability is UNRESOLVED until the arrangement has been checked against the applicable definition. A product name or polished address does not supply the registration facts. Ask the provider what service is being sold, who registers it, and how mail reaches the sender. Give those answers to the reviewer before using the address publicly. ## Can a real estate agent use a team office address? Ask the responsible business owner and counsel to review the connection between that address and the newsletter sender. Obtain permission and verified contact details before publication. Keep the decision specific to the sending business and campaign. Do not copy a shared office address solely because it appears elsewhere on the website. ## Can a website link replace the address in the footer? Keep the approved address visible in the message under this proposed template requirement. The FTC's wording is “Your message must include your valid physical postal address.” [FTC message requirement, fetched 2026.10.22](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/can-spam-act-compliance-guide-business). Ask counsel about an uncertain template. A link to your contact page does not itself show that the required address appears in the outgoing message. ## Does an email reply address answer the same question? No. A reply destination and a postal address are different fields in the review record. Check both without treating either as evidence for the other. For your proposed acceptance test, send a controlled test message to an approved inbox. Inspect the reply destination and visible postal footer as separate observations. ## What should the address approval record contain? Include the approved sender, address type, exact display text, evidence location, reviewer, and review date. Keep unresolved questions next to the proposed value. | Record field | Information to retain | | --- | --- | | Sender | Business identity approved for this campaign | | Address | Exact approved footer text | | Evidence | Current registration or business record | | Ownership | Person responsible for updates | | Review | Decision and unresolved questions | This worksheet is an editorial control, not a legal certification. ## Should the newsletter provider choose the address automatically? Have the sender review whatever the provider inserts. Treat imported account information as a value to verify before release. Ask the administrator where the footer obtains its address and whether individual templates can override it. Keep those account-specific controls UNRESOLVED until demonstrated in the selected service. ## Which templates need the address check? Inventory the templates that may send the newsletter, including saved campaigns and automated variations. Inspect the finished message produced by each relevant template. Record which templates share a common footer and which retain independent copies. Name the maintainer responsible for updating every copy when an approved address changes. ## How should the footer be checked on a phone? Open the controlled test email on the devices included in your acceptance scope. Confirm the approved address remains readable and complete. Check line wrapping, clipped text, and the footer's placement. Save the observed result. A successful preview in the editor does not complete your proposed check of the received message. ## What belongs in the plain-text version? Require the approved address to remain present in the plain-text version included in your campaign scope. Ask the provider to demonstrate the generated output. Compare it with the approved display text. Record any missing lines or outdated address separately from layout defects in the HTML version. ## Should the public newsletter archive expose the same address? Review the archive output before enabling it. Determine which message fields the provider republishes and whether the approved disclosure choice accounts for that exposure. Use the [newsletter archive guide](/articles/agent-newsletter-public-archive) for the website publication workflow. Keep the archive decision separate from whether a test email contains the approved address. ## What should happen when the address changes? Assign an owner to update the account record and affected templates after the replacement is approved. Retest the received output before the next scheduled campaign. Ask counsel how to handle historical records and existing campaign material. This checklist does not establish a retention period or direct removal of prior messages. ## How should a change in sending business be handled? Reopen the identity and address review. Have the responsible reviewer confirm who sends the campaign and which address belongs with that identity. Check imported templates, account defaults, and saved automations for the old value. Keep publication pending when the responsible sender or address remains unresolved. ## Does an approved address complete the campaign review? No. It completes the address portion of the proposed review. Keep the rest of the campaign checks in the [newsletter send-review guide](/articles/can-spam-agent-newsletter-send-review). Retain a link to that separate review beside the footer approval. Avoid marking the entire newsletter compliant from the address check alone. ## What costs should be confirmed before choosing a mailbox? Request the current quote, billing term, renewal conditions, mail-handling scope, and cancellation process. Leave the cost UNRESOLVED until the selected provider supplies those terms. Choose the arrangement through the business's normal approval process. This article does not recommend a provider, quote a fee, or authorize a mailbox purchase. ## What should remain private in the handoff? Keep registration documents, personal identity records, account access details, and counsel's advice in the approved private location. Give the template maintainer the approved public text and update instructions. Record who can authorize a replacement. Avoid placing private supporting evidence inside the website source or newsletter template merely to explain a footer decision. ## Bring this work into your website scope Bring the approved brief, source records, and unresolved checks to the [real estate hub](/for/real-estate). Describe the pages and acceptance checks in your [written work request](/work). - [Brief accessible PDF buyer and seller downloads](/articles/accessible-pdf-agent-buyer-seller-downloads) - [Prepare an accessibility complaint record for a real estate website](/articles/ada-demand-letter-agent-website-response-record) - [AI headshots for real estate agents: review the vendor and the likeness](/articles/ai-realtor-headshot-vendor-and-likeness-review) ## Related: Real estate - [Brief accessible PDF buyer and seller downloads](/articles/accessible-pdf-agent-buyer-seller-downloads) - [Prepare an accessibility complaint record for a real estate website](/articles/ada-demand-letter-agent-website-response-record) - [AI headshots for real estate agents: review the vendor and the likeness](/articles/ai-realtor-headshot-vendor-and-likeness-review) ---- ```text .|########||. .|########||. .|########||. |##||. .||##|. |##||. .||##|. |##||. .||##|. |#|. .|#|. |#|. .|#|. |#|. .|#|. |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#. .#| .#. .#| .#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |# ...... #| |# ...... #| |# ...... #| .# ||#########| #| .# ||#########| #| .# ||#########| #| .#. |######||######|. .#. .#. |######||######|. .#. .#. |######||######|. .#. #. .##|###|##|#|######| .# #. .##|###|##|#|######| .# #. .##|###|##|#|######| .# || |##|#||||||||||||#||#| || || |##|#||||||||||||#||#| || || |##|#||||||||||||#||#| || # |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. # |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. # |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || # .#||||||||||||||||||||||||#| # # .#||||||||||||||||||||||||#| # # .#||||||||||||||||||||||||#| # || ....|||#||||||##|#|||#|#||##||||....|. || || ....|||#||||||##|#|||#|#||##||||....|. || || ....|||#||||||##|#|||#|#||##||||....|. || #. . ....|# ....#||| ||| .#||| ....#. .# #. . ....|# ....#||| ||| .#||| ....#. .# #. . ....|# ....#||| ||| .#||| ....#. .# # . ||||#| .#####|| . .#| .#||| ||||# #. # . ||||#| .#####|| . .#| .#||| ||||# #. # . ||||#| .#####|| . .#| .#||| ||||# #. .| ||||| #. |#|||||. || #. |#||. .||||| || .| ||||| #. |#|||||. || #. |#||. .||||| || .| ||||| #. |#|||||. || #. |#||. .||||| || || |.... #. ....|#. |. ...|. ....|| || || |.... #. ....|#. |. ...|. ....|| || || |.... #. ....|#. |. ...|. ....|| || #. .||||||##||||||##||####|||||||#||||||#| .# #. .||||||##||||||##||####|||||||#||||||#| .# #. .||||||##||||||##||####|||||||#||||||#| .# # .||####|###########################|. # # .||####|###########################|. # # .||####|###########################|. # # .#||||||.#.|| # |. ..# #| #|||||#| # # .#||||||.#.|| # |. ..# #| #|||||#| # # .#||||||.#.|| # |. ..# #| #|||||#| # # .#|||||| .. |# ## |#| ...#|#|||#| # # .#|||||| .. |# ## |#| ...#|#|||#| # # .#|||||| .. |# ## |#| ...#|#|||#| # # .#|||#|# .# .#| #| ##|.#..#|||||#| # # .#|||#|# .# .#| #| ##|.#..#|||||#| # # .#|||#|# .# .#| #| ##|.#..#|||||#| # # .#||||||############|######|||||#| # # .#||||||############|######|||||#| # # .#||||||############|######|||||#| # # |...||#||||||#||||#|#||||||#|||||#||| |.| # # |...||#||||||#||||#|#||||||#|||||#||| |.| # # |...||#||||||#||||#|#||||||#|||||#||| |.| # #. .. ||||# .|||##|. |#| .|| || .|||#. #| # .# #. .. ||||# .|||##|. |#| .|| || .|||#. #| # .# #. .. ||||# .|||##|. |#| .|| || .|||#. #| # .# || | ...|| ...##| | #| .|. |. ##### .. .| || || | ...|| ...##| | #| .|. |. ##### .. .| || || | ...|| ...##| | #| .|. |. ##### .. .| || || ||||| || ||||#| . |. |. |#. ||||| |#| || || || ||||| || ||||#| . |. |. |#. ||||| |#| || || || ||||| || ||||#| . |. |. |#. ||||| |#| || || .# |.....#|....|#.||||.|||##.|#|....||.#||.#. #. .# |.....#|....|#.||||.|||##.|#|....||.#||.#. #. .# |.....#|....|#.||||.|||##.|#|....||.#||.#. #. #.|||||||#############################| ||| .# #.|||||||#############################| ||| .# #.|||||||#############################| ||| .# || ##||#||#||||||#||#||#||#||##. || || ##||#||#||||||#||#||#||#||##. || || ##||#||#||||||#||#||#||#||##. || # .#|||||||||#||#|||||||||||#| # # .#|||||||||#||#|||||||||||#| # # .#|||||||||#||#|||||||||||#| # || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||||||#| || .# |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. .# |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. .# |#||||||||||||||||||||#| #. || |#||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||#| || || |#||||||||||||||||||#| || #. .######|#|#########| .# #. .######|#|#########| .# #. .######|#|#########| .# .#. |#####||||#####| .#. .#. |#####||||#####| .#. .#. |#####||||#####| .#. |# ||########|| #. |# ||########|| #. |# ||########|| #. |# ...... #| |# ...... #| |# ...... #| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#. |#. .#. |#. .#. .#| |#. .#| |#. .#| |#. |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| |#| .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. .|#|. |##||. .||##| |##||. .||##| |##||. .||##| .||########||. .||########||. .||########||. 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