HostDime.co.uk, Inc. has a zero tolerance policy regarding unsolicited
commercial email (UCE) and unsolicited bulk email (UBE) also known as
"spam".
The definition of spam:
An electronic message is "spam" IF: (1) the recipient's personal identity and
context are irrelevant because the message is equally applicable to many other
potential recipients; AND (2) the recipient has not verifiably granted
deliberate, explicit, and still-revocable permission for it to be sent; AND
(3) the transmission and reception of the message appears to the recipient to
give a disproportionate benefit to the sender.
You will be cited with "UCE/UBE Abuse" if you send any email to persons who
have not specifically asked to receive email from you. The sending origin of
such email is irrelevant. Upon confirmation of abuse, any HostDime UK customer
engaging in this practice will have their service suspended. Not only does
spam place a strain on the server that can negatively effect that server's
uptime record and performance record, you subject that server to the
possibility of being blacklisted.
If your site will be sending mailings out to subscribers, this is a checklist
of what you are required to do:
The number of messages allowed to be sent per hour, per domain, is 350
messages.
You must not try to hide, forge or misrepresent the sender of the e-mail and
sending site of the e-mail.
Bulk mailings must specifically state how the persons' e-mail addresses were
obtained and must indicate the frequency of the mailing.
Bulk mailings should contain simple and obvious unsubscribe mechanisms. We
recommend that this be in the form of a working link to a one-click
unsubscribe system; however, a valid "reply to:" address may be used
instead.
All subscription based e-mail must have valid, non-electronic, contact
information for the sending organization in the text of each e-mail including
either a phone number or physical mailing address.
All bulk e-mail must be solicited, meaning that the sender has an existing and
provable relationship with the e-mail recipient and the recipient has not
requested not to receive future mailings from the sender. Documentation of the
relationship between the sender and the recipient must be made available to
HostDime UK upon request.
Prohibited Uses of HostDime UK Network Systems and Services Regarding Spam
Sending Unsolicited Bulk Email ("UBE", "spam")
The sending of any form of Unsolicited Bulk Email through HostDime UK's
servers is prohibited. Likewise, the sending of UBE from another service
provider advertizing a web site, email address or utilizing any resource
hosted on HostDime UK's servers, is prohibited. HostDime UK accounts or
services may not be used to solicit customers from, or collect replies to,
messages sent from another Internet Service Provider where those messages
violate this Policy or that of the other provider.
Running Unconfirmed Mailing Lists
Subscribing email addresses to any mailing list without the express and
verifiable permission of the email address owner is prohibited. All mailing
lists run by HostDime UK customers must be Closed-loop ("Confirmed Opt-in").
The subscription confirmation message received from each address owner must be
kept on file for the duration of the existence of the mailing list. Purchasing
lists of email addresses from 3rd parties for mailing to from any HostDime
UK-hosted domain, or referencing any HostDime UK account, is prohibited.
Operating an account on behalf of, or in connection with, or reselling any
service to, persons or firms listed in the Spamhaus Register of Known Spam
Operations (ROKSO) database at www.spamhaus.org.
We receive automatic reports from Spamhaus, AOL and SpamCop for our IP ranges.
If there are more than three complaints logged against your site in one day,
the site will be suspended until a resolution/explanation is made.