No-Spam Policy
Canvas Dreams strictly prohibits Spamming. One of the most serious abuses is
using your web hosting account to send unsolicited commercial e-mail, otherwise
known as Spam. The following are examples of Spam and are blatantly contrary
to our Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy, and will result in termination
of web hosting services.
Inappropriate E-mail Activities
- Commercial e-mail: Defined as sending unsolicited commercial e-mails.
This is prohibited. You are not permitted to use your Canvas Dreams account
or the e-mail alias/account of your Virtual Server to send unsolicited commercial
e-mail. Using an e-mail address hosted anywhere on Canvas Dreams servers to
collect responses from unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited. This includes
using a throwaway, free e-mail account to promote your Canvas Dreams account
and redirects for the same account. Using a dedicated or colocated server hosted on our network, to send unsolicited commercial e-mails is also prohibited.
- Mail Bombing: Defined as sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail
to individuals from your Canvas Dreams account. This is strictly prohibited.
- Harassment: Defined as sending threatening or harassing e-mail after
being requested to stop, is prohibited. Extremely threatening or harassing e-mail
never is allowed.
Inappropriate use of Mailing Lists
- Purchased Mailing Lists: Mass mailing to purchased mailing lists is
not allowed. We allow only opt-in mailing lists. To comply with our no-Spam
policy, the recipients on your mailing list must have specifically requested
(subscribed) to receive mail from you on this topic. Purchased or inherited
lists are, by definition, NOT opt-in. Similarly; you could not start a list
about horses and then post to it about boats. Opt-in list mailings must include
instructions to unsubscribe (opt-out) in every message.
Inappropriate Newsgroup Activities:
- Newsgroup Spamming: This Spam is defined as excessive cross-posting,
or posting the same article to several newsgroups. This is prohibited. Generally
accepted standards allow no more than 15 newsgroups, or cross-postings, for
a single article or substantially similar articles. Such articles may be canceled.
You are not allowed to use your Sunrise Web Hosting based mail facilities to
Spam the newsgroups.
- Off topic or inappropriate postings: There is no restriction on content,
except as defined by each newsgroup. Continued posting of off-topic articles
is prohibited. Please note that commercial advertisements are off-topic and
considered Spam in the vast majority of newsgroups.
We take a very dim view of Spam. It is one of the most annoying things encountered
on the Internet. Any Canvas Dreams client found to be Spamming will have his/her
web hosting account terminated immediately - no questions asked (we will investigate
the report thoroughly before terminating any account). There is no warning or
second chance. If we find that you have violated our Acceptable Usage Policy,
we will report you and the incident to the proper local, state and federal authorities
and will prosecute you to the full extent of the law.
We are not attempting to censor, nor are we attempting to curtail the business
of our customers. But as a whole, Spamming hurts our members and us more than
it helps the one who does the Spam. Do yourself, and us, a favor: PLEASE DON'T
DO IT.
If you know of any Canvas Dreams client that is or might be
violating this policy, please send a message or, if possible, forward the
Spam in full (including headers) to us by contacting
us.
By paying for hosting service, you agree to the terms outlined in this document.
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