A little note from NPC Sysop to Spammers:

We tolerate just about anything here in NewPal City but spamming. If your profile is missing or you cannot log in, it's probably because you were caught spamming.

Don't waste your precious time building a profile in NewPal City to spam. If you are caught and/or are reported for spamming we WILL ban you, your product(s), E-mail addresses and your IP(s) permanently from NewPal City.

We know that you are trying to make a living by selling or promoting your products and services and we sympathize. But NewPal City is a free place for people to meet new friends and to express themselves. Please don't ruin it for them by spamming in NewPal City. It's a waste of your time too. Thanks for understanding.

NewPal City Anti-Spam Policy

NewPal City has a no tolerance spam policy. While we welcome you to invite your friends and family to your NewPal City profile or group, your account will be immediately terminated if you send spam. Spam is defined as unsolicited mass email to persons with whom you do not have a business relationship or have not requested (opted-in) to receive emails from your NewPal City profile.

For NewPal City Members

All users of our NewPal City software must agree to only sending permission-based email newsletters as part of agreeing to the TOS (Terms of Service) upon signup. This means that all recipients you send emails to must have opted-in (or be your friend) to receive communications from your NewPal City account and/or your group.

An opt-in can occur either via a sign-up form on a Web site, at a point-of-sale sign-up form, or on a physical sign-up sheet. Any opt-in form should include a clear description of what will be sent and how often it will be sent. Purchased lists may not be used within the NewPal City system, regardless of the source or permission status.

As a Member of NewPal City, you may not:

    * harvest emails from web sites that are hosted on or linked to, NewPal City and its affiliate Web sites.
    * send purchased lists (whether they are opted-in or not)
    * have a pre-checked field on your subscription form
    * have a subscription form that subscribes users to an unrelated list
    * send out unrelated offers or unrelated content to your newsletter list
    * add an email address into a list without the subscriber's permission
    * email someone who has requested to be removed from your list
    * utilize a list older than 6 months without reconfirming the recipients' subscriptions

As a Member of NewPal City, you may:

    * send out a regular newsletter to a recipient who has opted-in to receive it
    * send out information and content to recipients who have requested to receive content on that topic from your organization

For Email Recipients, ISPs, and Blacklist Administrators

NewPal City has a no tolerance spam policy. User accounts will be terminated if they send unsolicited email messages. Please report any suspected abuse to abuse@NewPal City.com. ISPs and Blacklists administrators may also contact us at abuse@NewPal City.com. Please forward the complete email in question, including headers. You may also call (866) 803-9462 to report abuse. If applicable, please also unsubscribe from the newsletter using the link at the bottom of the email if you no longer wish to receive emails from the sender. We will take the appropriate action against the sender of the email in question.

ISP and Blacklist Admin Relations

NewPal City has built relationships with many of the leading ISPs and blacklist administrators. These relationships usually involve the sharing of information regarding policies, practices and issues. If you are an ISP, mail administrator or a blacklist owner and would like to get in touch with us, please email us HERE. 


Policy Enforcement

NewPal City has a no tolerance spam policy. The strict measures we take to enforce our policy include, but are not limited to the following:

    * We review and monitor both large and small list imports and mailings. This includes a review of the list source, list age, collection methods, and confirmation practices.
    * We utilize an MD5 hash record to screen for characteristics of commonly harvested lists
    * A member of our staff reviews each message sent to more than 5000 recipients and either will approve or reject it. This threshold is 500 recipients for NewPal City Members that have been with us less than two months.
    * We utilize a content-checking utility to screen and flag any message that contains words common to unsolicited emails.
    * We require a user to initial the following statement prior to each send: "I certify with my initials that all recipients granted their permission to be sent this message."
    * A record is saved of every email that is sent through the system.
    * Any customer found to be using NewPal City for spam will be immediately cut-off from use of the product.
    * We maintain the IP address and date subscribed for every new subscriber.
    * Every email, whether text or HTML, contains a mandatory unsubscribe/opt-out link at the bottom of the message. This unsubscribe link cannot be removed.

Procedure for Handling Complaints

NewPal City has a no tolerance spam policy. Your account will be immediately terminated if you send spam. Spam is defined as unsolicited mass email to persons with whom you do not have a business relationship or have not requested (opted-in to) your mailing. NewPal City is intended for businesses and organizations who have an established list of permission-based opt-in email addresses. We provide our product only to those who follow our strict anti-spam policy. Using the system to send out emails to addresses obtained in any way other than a subscriber opting-in to your list may incur a $100 (US) charge per substantiated incident (i.e. per email) in accordance with state and federal regulations.

To determine whether you have sent spam we will:

    * review the content of the message in question
    * review your subscriber list for patterns common to harvested lists
    * review the spam complaint
    * view the records to see when the subscriber was subscribed and their IP address

Procedure for Handling False Positive Complaints (yes, we get those too)

We realize that it is possible for those who have subscribed to your mailings to have forgotten that they have subscribed to your NewPal City friends list. For this reason, we keep the IP address and date of subscription for all new subscribers. If we receive a complaint from a subscriber for which we have a record of their subscription, and the email sent to them contained the content they subscribed to, then we will notify the subscriber of the date and from which computer they subscribed from and provide a link for that subscriber to unsubscribe from your list.

Upon this type of complaint, we will notify you of the complaint, explain the action taken, and review your web site and may suggest changes to the notifications or descriptions you provide when new Members/subscribers sign up for your friend or group lists.

In the case that a subscriber who makes a complaint did not sign up through your site (i.e. was imported into the system) no IP record or date of subscription will be available. In this case, we will investigate the situation, look at the email in questions, and if it is determined that you may be sending UCE we will immediately disable the sending function on your account and we will immediately contact you by email and/or phone. As soon as we hear from you and are able to verify that the subscriber was indeed an opt-in subscriber, we will remove the sending-block.

Thank you for complying with the above rules and regulations which are designed to make NewPal City a pleasant experience for its Member citizens. Again, if you have questions regarding the information above, please feel free to contact us HERE.

Wishing you a great day,

~NPC Sysop