Issue:
What is LION's spam policy?

Solution:

As part of your LionInc.com Service Agreement, you have agreed to follow the guidelines defined below:

LionInc.com may not be the source, intermediary, or destination address involved in the transmission of any unsolicited bulk, mass, or repeated posting or mailing of substantially identical messages ('Spam'). Your LionInc.com / web site may not be referenced as originator, intermediary, or reply-to address in any of the above and may not contain any links to your LION website.

Spam (any unsolicited bulk, mass, or repeated posting or mailing of substantially identical messages) is an unacceptable use of the LION Network. Spam includes any of the following activities: 

• Posting a single message, or messages similar in content, to more than five online forums or newsgroups. 
• Posting messages to online forums or newsgroups that violate the rules of the forums or newsgroups.
• Collecting the responses from unsolicited email.
• Sending any unsolicited email that could be expected, in LION's discretion, to provoke complaints. 
• Sending email with charity requests, petitions for signatures, or any chain mail related materials. 
• Sending unsolicited email without identifying in the email a clear and easy means to be excluded from receiving additional email from the originator of the email.
• Sending email that does not accurately identify the sender, the sender's return address, and the email address of origin.
• Using LION facilities to violate another Internet Service Provider's acceptable use policy and/or terms of service.
  

Indirect Access:
In addition, this policy applies to any email or content transmitted by you or on your behalf which uses a LION account as a mailbox for responses or promotes content hosted or transmitted using LION facilities, or which indicates in any way that LION was involved in the transmission of such email or content.

Consequences:
Violations of this Policy may result in a demand for immediate removal of offending material, immediate temporary or permanent filtering, blocked access, suspension or termination of service, or other action appropriate to the violation, as determined by LION in its sole discretion. When feasible, it is LION's preference to give notice so that violations may be addressed voluntarily; however, LION reserves the right to act without notice when necessary, as determined by LION in its sole discretion. LION may involve, and will cooperate with, law enforcement if criminal activity is suspected.Violators may also be subject to civil or criminal liability under applicable law. Refunds or credits are not issued in connection with actions taken for violations of this Policy.