ARCH COMPUTING SERVICES, INC.
NEW BULK E-MAIL POLICY: EFFECTIVE APRIL 3, 2003
Effective April 1, 2003, ARCH will implement and enforce a
new policy relating to the transmission of bulk e-mail. In addition to the long
standing prohibition against the transmission of unsolicited bulk-e-mail, you
may not mail to mailing lists which are non-exclusive (traded or purchased). If
you choose to e-mail to an e-mail list, you must be the originator of that list
or have purchased the exclusive right to use it. If you purchased or leased the
list, you must produce a contract from the originator of the list giving you the
exclusive right to mail to it. You must have clearly stated and functioning
opt-in and opt-out mechanisms in your mailers. If we receive, what in our sole
opinion, is an unreasonable number of complaints relating to one or more of your
mailings, we reserve the right to terminate your account immediately or to
request the database of e-mail addresses you are mailing to. The database must
include IP addresses and the dates and times the recipients opted in to receive
e-mailings. Failure to strictly comply with one or more of these provisions will
result in the immediate termination of your account and you will forfeit all
unpaid monies earned and all accumulated reward points.
In addition to the above policies and procedures, ARCH further reserves the
right to terminate your account(s) if you, or someone on your behalf, a)
transmits emails containing invalid or forged headers, invalid or non-existing
domain names or other means of deceptive addressing; b) transmits e-mail that is
relayed from a third party’s mail server without the permission of the third
party or similar techniques are employed to hide the source of the e-mail; c)
harvests or collects screen names from an internet service provider for the
purpose of sending unsolicited e-mail; or d) engages in any other conduct which
we deem to be deceptive or fraudulent.
If you have any questions about this new policy or would like clarification in
advance of conducting a mailing, please contact your ARCH webmaster support
representative. You may also refer to the ARCH Terms of Service which have been
amended to reflect these changes.