Acceptable Use Policy

The following policy is excerpted from DISCUSSTHIS and MAILERMAILER's Terms and Conditions to which all list owners must agree prior to establishing an account to use the service:

You may not use DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER to:

1. Send unsolicited email messages (a.k.a., "spam") to anyone without their permission.
2. Send unsolicited email messages to email addresses obtained from any purchased or harvested email lists in which the recipient did not expressly request to receive your email messages.
3. Send email messages that harass, embarrass, defame, abuse, threaten, are libelous or slanderous, or otherwise violate the legal rights of any individual, group, or organization.
4. Send email messages that contain or link to pornographic or sexually explicit content, racially or ethnically objectionable content, content that directly or indirectly promotes the use of any illegal substances, content that violates laws or regulations designed to protect minors, or other content deemed to be offensive or inappropriate by DISCUSSTHIS and MAILERMAILER's parent company, MailerMailerLLC.
5. Send email that contains copyrighted material, including text, graphics (including trademarked material), software or other material protected by intellectual property law, for which you do not have authorization to reproduce, publish, or otherwise distribute.
6. Send email that contains a computer virus or other code or files that could damage, harm, or otherwise disrupt the operation of anyone else's computer or storage device, or violate the privacy or security of any individual, group, or organization.
7. Perform or promote illegal activities such as starting or forwarding chain letters, illegal contests or promotions, or any other activity that is illegal,
8. Impersonate, use the name of (without expressed permission), or misrepresent any individual, group, or organization.
9. Violate any applicable governmental laws or regulations or perform any activity that would cause MailerMailer LLC to violate any law, statute or regulation.

DiscussThis Customers: If a member of your email discussion list posts a message that violates this Acceptable Use Policy, you or your list moderator(s) must take steps to prevent future violations, which may include sending a note to all list members reminding them of acceptable uses of the list, or if appropriate, banning a specific list member. Failure to address a list member violation may result in action by MailerMailer LLC, which may include account termination without refund and/or other actions as deemed appropriate. You agree to indemnify and hold MailerMailer LLC harmless from any damages and claims arising from any violation of this policy.

You may not allow a third party to use your DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER accounts and you agree to indemnify and hold MailerMailer,LLC harmless from any damages or claims arising from such use by any third party.

You must include subscribe/unsubscribe information provided by DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER in each message you send using DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER. You must also honor in a timely manner all unsubscribe requests sent directly to you from those who elected not to use DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER's automated subscribe/unsubscribe features, regardless of how harsh or unpleasant the unsubscribe request may be.

"No Spam" and Privacy Policies

You may use DISCUSSTHIS and MAILERMAILER only for "opt-in" lists, in which the recipient has voluntarily signed up to be on your list and has not requested to be unsubscribed. Any messages sent to users who did not request to be on your lists, whether purchased or otherwise obtained without the recipients consent, will be deemed as "Spam" and may result in termination of your account without refund and legal action, including the pursuit of damages, against you for violating this "No Spam" policy. You agree to indemnify and hold MailerMailer LLC harmless from any damages and claims arising from any violation of this policy. You also agree to abide by and display a Privacy Policy or link to a Privacy Policy on your list signup page. You must either 1) use the Privacy Policy provided by DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER or 2) use a Privacy Policy that contains the same provisions as the Privacy Policy that is provided by DISCUSSTHIS and MAILERMAILER. Any violation of this Privacy Policy may result in termination of your account without refund and legal action against you. You agree to indemnify and hold MailerMailer LLC harmless from any damages and claims arising from any violation of this policy.

Changes to this Policy

MailerMailer LLC reserves the right to change this Policy at anytime, effective upon making the modified provisions available on the DISCUSSTHIS (DiscussThis.com) and MAILERMAILER (MailerMailer.com) web sites. Continued use of DISCUSSTHIS or MAILERMAILER after any such changes shall constitute your consent to such changes. MailerMailer LLC does not and will not assume any obligation to notify you of any changes to this Policy.

Last Updated: 2006-04-28