OffspringNet Anti-Spam Policy

It's simple, don't do it. If you do, your account will be closed and your activities will be forwarded to the proper authorities.

Abuse of our Internet access and e-mail account services is considered a violation of our "Acceptable Use Guidelines" and "Terms of Service."One of the most serious abuses is using your account to send unsolicited commercial e-mail, otherwise known as "spam." The following are examples of spam (but not limited to) and are blatantly contrary to our "Acceptable Use Guidelines" and "Terms of Service."

Prohibited E-mail Activities:
Commercial e-mail: Defined as sending unsolicited commercial e-mails. This is prohibited. You are not permitted to use your OffspringNet account or e-mail alias/account to send unsolicited commercial or private e-mail. Using an e-mail address hosted anywhere on OffspringNet's service to collect responses from unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited.

Mail bombing: Defined as sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail to individuals from your OffspringNet 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.

Fraud: Defined as incorporating a false subject line, false return address or false transmission path into any e-mail sent using OffspringNet's service.

Inappropriate E-mail Activities:
Newsgroup spamming: 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 will be deleted. You are not allowed to use your OffspringNet based mail to spam the newsgroup.

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 in the vast majority of newsgroups.

We take a very strict line against spam. It is one of the most annoying things encountered on the Internet. Any OffspringNet customer found to be spamming will have his or her account deleted. 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.

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 spammer. Do yourself and us a favor. Don't do it!

To report a case of spamming, please e-mail support@offspring-net.com. Thanks for your consideration.