MAIL AND NEWS GROUP USAGE
In order to maintain an efficient environment for the exchange of information
and opinions, Technical Innovation Center at HCC will not facilitate the transmission
of harassing or mass unsolicited email in any form, and therefore such activity
is strictly prohibited. Using or storing programs or methods designed to conceal
the author's identity by forging header information is also prohibited. Technical
Innovation Center at HCC users may use anonymous re-mailers so long as they are
used legally and in accordance with the policies and procedures of Technical
Innovation Center at HCC set forth from time to time, in Technical Innovation
Center at HCC's sole discretion.
Using programs to collect email addresses from mailing lists,
newsgroups or Web sites ("address harvesters" or "extractors")
is strictly prohibited. Additionally, the use of any form of bulk emailer system
to deliver
unsolicited mail in any amount, except as permitted by law, is strictly prohibited
Opt-Out Mail Distribution.
The use of "opt-out" mail distribution techniques
is strictly prohibited. "Opt-out" techniques
require users to do something not to receive future emails from a source they
never originally requested to receive email from. This includes requiring users
to send email to "remove" addresses in such cases. Users are permitted to
distribute mass mailings as permitted by State and Federal Laws. "Opt-in" lists,
where users specifically elect to receive your mailings, are permitted, provided
ample proof exists that users actually elected to receive mail from you.
News Postings
Technical Innovation Center at HCC does not restrict news
postings on the basis of content with the exceptions that postings do not contain
illegal information
or violate Technical Innovation Center at HCC's terms and conditions of service.
Posting ten (10) or more separate copies of the same message ("spamming" or "excessive
multi-posting") or cross-posting a message to 10 or more newsgroups
("excessive cross-posting") may also be prohibited. Users who violate
these rules may be subject to additional charges for resources spent responding
to complaints, deleting unsolicited correspondence and account cancellation.
Evidence that the user is participating in any referenced prohibited activities
may result in the immediate cancellation or suspension of the user's account
in Technical Innovation Center at HCC's sole discretion.
Technical Innovation Center at HCC reserves the right to communicate information
of a commercial or non-commercial nature to its users that it believes will
enhance the benefits of the Technical Innovation Center at HCC service.
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