Anti-Spam Policy
Spam is commonly identified as unsolicited commercial email (UCE). Spam includes, but is not limited to, advertising email, pyramid schemes, chain letters, propaganda, unwanted questionable subject matter, abusive or threatening email and email that contains false or misleading header, subject line, identification of the sender, return address, routing or transmission path or other indication of origin, or that uses a third party domain name without permission. In addition, Spam includes email that advertises goods or services that has been sent without the consent/solicitation of the recipient, or without a preexisting relationship between the sender and recipient.
The University's goal is to minimize the impact of Spam on the community by implementing appropriate policies and technology. Users and third parties are prohibited from using the University's network to send Spam, or to send any electronic correspondence in violation of any applicable law, rule or regulation pertaining to unsolicited or bulk messages. The University reserves the right to refuse email or other connections from outside hosts that send unsolicited, mass or commercial messages, prurient or offensive messages, or messages that contain viruses. The University will use available technology to block Spam.
To make certain email is a resource readily available, note the following:
1. Mail Anti-Relay Policy
Email relay is the transparent transmission of electronic mail between networked systems either local or on the Internet. The problem with mail relaying is that, if not configured properly within an institution, it can be misused. For example, it might be used by anyone in the world to send bulk mailings while masking or concealing the identity of the sender. To curtail abuse, only those individuals who are identifiable members of the University community may use Fordham University's SMTP services (mail relay).
2. Bulk Mail Policy
Bulk Mail: Email bombing is characterized by abusers repeatedly sending an email message to a particular address or addresses at a specific victim site. In many instances, the messages will be large and constructed from meaningless data in an effort to consume additional system and network resources. Multiple accounts at the target site may be abused, increasing the denial of service impact. The University will not tolerate the targeting of an individual's email account, or multiple accounts, by another person with the expressed or apparent purpose to harass or irritate, interfere with that person's or persons' normal use of email or render that person's or persons' email account(s) or email service(s) unusable. Users are prohibited from using the University's systems to damage, disable, overburden or impair any system or network, or to restrict or prohibit any other user from using and enjoying the system. Such violation will be referred to the appropriate University or outside authorities.
July 1, 2004
