During the term of its agreement with ronster host, Customer must ensure that the use of any resource offered to Customer or owned or controlled by ronster host ("Service") conforms with ronster host's then current Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP"). ronster host may modify, without prior notice, the AUP as ronster host deems appropriate; such modified AUP is effective upon posting on ronster host's website.

Inappropriate Use

The Service must not be used to publish, post, distribute or otherwise disseminate unlawful material or information including, but not limited to: threatening, harassing, defamatory, obscene, or fraudulent information and materials, or proprietary, copyrighted, or otherwise intellectually protected information and materials for which Customer does not have authorization or authority to possess or distribute. The Service must not be used to request unlawful services or materials. The Service must not be used for activities ronster host deems to impact its customers or its ability to deliver services to its customers. Such activities may include, but are not limited to:

Obscene Speech or Materials
The distribution of child pornography or any obscene, abusive, defamatory or threatening speech or material.

Intellectual Property Infringement
Any activity infringing on the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, and patents.

Spamming
Sending unsolicited commercial bulk email ("UCE"), news postings or chain letters; advertising transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program, product, or service that is designed to facilitate sending UCE; use of web pages that allow "spam"ing (known as "ghost sites") that directly or indirectly refers to domains or IP addresses hosted by ronster host. ronster host reserves the right to determine in its sole discretion what constitutes UCE based on the information available.

Maintaining an Open Email Relay
Allowing email to be sent through Customer's system by a third party (i.e. neither to nor from Customer or Customer's accounts).

Fraud
Using a false identity; using pyramid/ponzi scheme; storage or transmission of any intentionally incorrect data or packet.

Virus, Worm, or Trojan horse program distribution
The deliberate transmission of computer viruses, worms or trojan software.

Denial of Service
Using any technique to intentionally degrade or disable the delivery of any legitimate data.

Unauthorized Access
Attempting to gain unauthorized entry to any site or network, or any network or host scanning, probing, monitoring or other information gathering associated with such activity; using the Service to guess passwords.

Public Forums
Inappropriate postings to newsgroups, chat rooms, electronic bulletin boards and any other public forum on, or using, the Service.

Customer Responsibilities

Bulk Email
Customers sending bulk email must provide recipients with an easy and effective mechanism for removal from bulk email list. Customer must include the source of the addressee's address in each bulk email message.

Service Resale
Customer agrees not to resell the Service or any portion of the Service unless expressly authorized to do so by ronster host.

Password Protection
Customer is responsible for protecting passwords and for any authorized or unauthorized use.

Content Protection
Customer agrees to provide appropriate protection to prevent minors (persons under 18 years of age) from accessing any unsuitable material that Customer publishes via any Service.

Content Ownership
Customer is responsible for all content or information residing on, or obtained or transmitted via, the Service, regardless of whether such use is by Customer.

Facilitating AUP Violation
Customer activity that facilitates the violation of this AUP by any party constitutes a violation of this AUP by Customer.

AUP Enforcement

Violation of the AUP may subject Customer to international, federal, and/or state civil and/or criminal liability. ronster host reserves the right in its sole discretion and without prior notice to suspend and/or terminate Customer's access to the Service at any time for violating this AUP. ronster host also reserves the right to suspend, filter or block, and/or terminate Customer's access if Customer's account is being used to exploit or attack the Service or the networks of others. If Customer's account has been compromised and attempts to reach Customer and/or to have Customer repair a breach of security fail, ronster host reserves the right to suspend or terminate Customer's service. If Customer's access is suspended or terminated, ronster host, in its sole discretion, may refuse to accept all new e-mail sent to the terminated e-mail address and delete Customer's data stored on Service. ronster host will fully cooperate with law enforcement authorities in the detection and prosecution of illegal activity.