You will not, in any way implicate our services in the use of
Spam. This includes, but is not limited to mentioning an Auto-Responders.net
email address or URL in a bulk message, or including Auto-Responders.net addresses on a
bulk-advertised web page.
We log the IP address of every
visitor to our site for security and spam prevention purposes.
Here is your IP address: 38.103.63.17
We do this to protect the 99.9% of our clients who promote their businesses in
an honest and ethical way, and for the protection of our business!
If you spam, even if Auto-Responders.net services are not
directly involved, it will result in:
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IMMEDIATE
termination of your account. In the case of Autoresponder
PRO™ accounts no refunds will be given.
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A
five hundred dollar clean up charge plus five hundred dollars per day for any interruption
of our service.
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The Reporting
of your activities to your service provider.
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Any information we have
being made available to the parties who have been spammed.
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Legal action to recover
any loses incurred by us.
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Permanent barring
from access to any of our services
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The
"Golden Rules" For Our Autoresponder Users
1.
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You
may NOT purchase compiled lists (or otherwise obtain compiled lists) and
import them into our system. This includes but is not limited to Safe
Lists. It does NOT matter whether the list you have purchased or
obtained was advertised as "opt-in". This is strictly prohibited.
2.)
You may import leads that you have compiled previously, as long as these leads
have directly opted in to receive your
mailings - such as through a web form, co-registration service, etc.
Please
note that even these leads must be verified by our automated system
before they become active in your database. This is so that we (and you) can
be absolutely certain that all leads in your Auto-Responders.net autoresponder
database WANT to receive your mailings. This is a benefit to everyone
involved, as well as a powerful safety mechanism against spam.
In order to adhere to our 100%
double opt-in format, the leads that you import will be automatically sent out
a verification request email.
If the recipients of the letter
(the individuals on the list that you imported) do not click on the link to
verify, they are NOT added to your database, and will not receive your future
messages.
3.)
You may NEVER use your autoresponder address in conjunction with ANY type of
FFA site, safelist, classified ad site, ad blaster, etc. This is strictly
prohibited.
4.)
You MUST promptly remove subscribers that email you with remove requests. It
does not matter that you have an automated unsubscribe link in these
situations (some people don't like to use them, or don't know how). Never
email a person back and request that they use your unsubscribe link. You must
login to your autoresponder account and remove them within 48 hours, OR before
your next mailing is scheduled to go out to them (whichever comes first).
5.)
You must INFORM (remind) your subscribers of who you are, where they signed up
for your mailing list or email publication (if possible), and provide them
with opt-OUT instructions in each of your mailings. Therefore, it is necessary
to place a "header" with this information in any and all messages
sent through your Auto-Responders.net autoresponder account(s).
Here's an example:
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Super Salmon is a free, opt-in only publication.
Either you, or somebody using this email address chose
to sign up. If you feel you've received this message in
error, please use the unsubscribe link below. Thanks.
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6.)
You MUST use a legitimate email address with our system. Free email addresses
such as Yahoo, Hotmail or any other FREE service
e-mail addresses will result in the termination of your autoresponder account(s).
Double
Opt-In System
The
Auto-Responders.net autoresponder is a cutting edge, 100% double opt-in
sequential autoresponder service. Here's how our double opt-in system works:
A
visitor sends a blank email to your autoresponder address, signs up through
your web form, or through a co-registration service. That's step one. But they
are not added to you list. Next, the visitor will receive an email with a
validation link that they must click on in order to validate their
subscription and be added to your list.
This
double opt-in/validation process ensures that everyone coming through
our system and to your list wants and intends to receive your mailings.
So later on, if they decided to accuse you (or us) of spam, we can come to
your defense with viable *proof* (in most cases including IP address), that
they in fact requested your mailings.
Email
spam is an ever increasing problem these days. As a result, data centers and
web hosting facilities are becoming less and less tolerant of complaints. Just
one spam complaint is enough to cause damage to an online business. As a
result, double opt-in (or validated opt-in) systems are gradually becoming the
industry standard.
Remember:
The size of your list in terms of numbers means nothing. It is the quality
of your list that matters. I had a list of 1,000 that often outperformed
another of my lists that numbered over 10,000! The list of 10,000 was built
primarily through co-registration services, while the smaller list was build
strictly through visitors to my web-site. So when building your list, always
think in terms of quality and NOT quantity!
Our
double opt-in system enables you to "pan for gold" by filtering out
the dead weight - such as the leads that don't read or aren't truly interested
in receiving your mailings (ie, the type of people that are typically the ones
to accuse YOU of spamming!). The result is that you're ensured of having a
list of subscribers that are anxious and willing to hear from you on a regular
basis - exactly what permission email marketing is all about!
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