On Fri, 8 Oct 2004, Charles Sprickman wrote:
After some senseless Googling, I'm at a loss. I'm looking for a very comprehensive, up-to-date example of an AUP that covers spam. When I say "modern", I mean that I want it to include not just direct spamming, but abuse of remote open-relays, abuse of remote trojaned boxes, sending through a third party that circumvents the local AUP, etc. Some good definition of "requested email" would be great - ie: double opt-in, or single opt-in with some documentation that the user requested the mail on a web form or similar.
Some language that covers penalties would also be helpful, such as equipment seizure for non-payment of penalties.
Please reply privately and I'll summarize. I do not wish to get into any debates about what qualifies as spam on this list.
Replying to myself here... Thanks to everyone. I'd missed the spamhaus "spam definition" which will be very helpful in wording a few things. And the prize for "best TOS" goes to Steve Sobol from "justthe.net". This one is great: http://justthe.net/legal/tos/ I especially like the pdf generator. :) Now I'll have to see what the lawyer thinks. Thanks again everyone, Charles
Thanks,
Charles
-- Charles Sprickman spork@inch.com