Spam Policy

eShop Designers forbids websites with adult graphic content (softcore and/or hardcore), including, but not limited to, banner advertising, any adult website(s), child pornography, and distribution of adult website passwords. Client’s whose accounts are found in violation of this policy may, at the discretion of eShop Designers, have their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to a maximum clean-up/disconnect fee.

Client’s whose website promotes activities that violate federal, state, local, International laws and/or violation of U.S. export restrictions are also not welcome at eShop Designers. This includes “warez” sites (freely distributing copyright programs), or sites promoting hacking and/or cracking programs. Client’s whose accounts are found in violation of this policy may, at the discretion of eShop Designers, have their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to a maximum clean-up/disconnection fee. Additionally, eShop Designers may contact the Software Piracy Association (“SPA”) and release any information in connection with any illegal activities relating to software piracy on the Client’s account.

IRC Bots, or any other automaton programs written in C, Perl or IRC-script used specifically in conjunction with IRC are not allowed. These programs tie up system resources and are in no way related to maintaining a website. Clients are not allowed to have any programs, including but not limited to, Eggdrop, or any other IRC-related programs, within their account. Client agrees not to upload the tar file for any of these programs or to execute them within their account. The first violation of this policy will result in the IRC-related program to be removed from the Client’s account and eShop Designers will notify the Client immediately of the violation. The second violation of this policy may, at the discretion of eShop Designers, result in the Client’s account(s) being terminated without notice and a maximum clean-up/disconnect fee.

Simply put, we ask that you use your account for the purposes of hosting a non-adult oriented, legal website.

Client agrees not to modify any copyright notices in features (Perl programs, etc.) provided by eShop Designers. Modification of scripts provided by eShop Designers without written permission is strictly prohibited.

eShop Designers allows clients to send mailings to subscribers of their own mailing list. Such mailings must have explicit instructions to the recipient on how to remove his/her name from the list, and all requests to do so must be honored immediately. Client agrees not to send mailings to lists provided by an outside agency or individual. Client further agrees not to provide mailing list services to others. Due to the nature of a shared-server environment, eShop Designers requests that mailing lists be sent during non-peak hours, specifically between the hours of 1:00 am and 5:00 am, Central Time (U.S.A). eShop Designers reserves the right to terminate a client’s mailing program, whether provided by eShop Designers or not, immediately and without notification to client if said list causes a problem with the e-mail services of other clients. eShop Designers also reserves the right to forbid a client from utilizing any mail-sending program that jeopardizes the mail services of other clients.

Due to the consumption of system resources and overloading of the e-mail server, eShop Designers forbids the use of the “Gossamer Links” program by any client.

Trolling, the posting of outrageous messages to generate numerous responses, is also not allowed. Mailbombing, the sending of multiple messages without significant new content to the same user and/or subscribing someone else to a mailing list without that person’s permission, cross-posting articles to an excessive number of newsgroups, or attempting without authorization to enter into a secured computer system is strictly forbidden. eShop Designers reserves the right to determine what constitutes abuse of this policy. Clients whose accounts are found in violation of this policy may, at the discretion of eShop Designers, have their account(s) terminated without notice and are subject to a maximum $500 clean-up/disconnection fee.

The following should be noted …

a. The network resources of eShop Designers may not be used to impersonate another person or misrepresent authorization to act on behalf of others or eShop Designers All messages via eShop Designers should correctly identify the sender; users may not alter the attribution of origin in electronic mail messages or postings. Users may not attempt to undermine the security or integrity of computing systems or networks and must not attempt to gain unauthorized access to said networks. Clients may not use eShop Designers’ Network’s server for mass e-mail or “spamming” purposes.
b. eShop Designers may discontinue servicing any Plan, or may require fulfillment of terms or conditions eShop Designers may choose to impose as a prerequisite for continuing to service any such Plan. Such discontinuation or requirement may not be unreasonable, however, and eShop Designers agrees to provide Customer with reasonable notice by Email and fax of any such intent to discontinue or impose certain conditions.
c. eShop Designers’ Network’s services may not be used for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal activities. eShop Designers reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrong. Activities which are prohibited as potentially illegal include, but are not limited to:
(i). Unauthorized copying of copyrighted material including, but not limited to, digitization and distribution of photographs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and copyrighted software.
(ii). Threatening bodily harm or property damage to individuals or groups.
(iii). Making fraudulent offers of products, items, or services originating from your account.
(iv). Attempting to access the accounts of others or attempting to penetrate beyond security measures of our or other systems (referred to as hacking) whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.
(v). Harassing others by ‘mail-bombing’. ‘Mail-bombing’ constitutes sending more than ten (10) similar mail messages to the same e-mail address.
(vi). Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing through eShop Designers services.
(vii). Distributing viruses to or from eShop Designers systems.

Programs provided by eShop Designers as an installable feature are not exempt from this policy. While every efforts is made on eShop Designers’ end to ensure the program it provides are efficient, problems with excessive usage on particular programs may occur.