• The Mojo Mail SPAM FAQ

The Mojo Mail SPAM FAQ

This document is to highlight, bold and underline the stance of the author and his views on SPAM.

• Is Mojo Mail created to send SPAM
  No,

  Mojo Mail has been created to allow people to send email to a subscription list.

• Do you send SPAM
  No,

  I do not send SPAM

• Does any of the hosting providers that you rent or buy from send SPAM or use any equipment that they own or rent to send SPAM
  No, they do not. My hosting providers also, do not send SPAM and have been incredibly understanding with false reports.

  My hosting providers businesses are at stake if they are, in fact, blacklisted and they do not appreciate fake reports of SPAM on their system.

  My hosting providers understand Mojo Mail and thus have no problem with its development.

• I have gotten SPAM email from what I think is Mojo Mail, I though you said you don't send SPAM, what's the story?
  Mojo Mail is not a hosted program, Mojo Mail is downloaded and installed on a server and all activity by the program happens at that point. I do not have any control over what people do with the program.

• Is there a backdoor to Mojo Mail so that I can hack the installation and give those spamers a lesson?
  No,

  there is no backdoor to Mojo Mail. Hacking someone elses site is unethical and probably illegal. An eye for an eye is not the way to go.

• I've gotten SPAM from what I think is Mojo Mail, I want off. Can you get me off?
  No, but I can help you get off.

  The default, 'out of the box', distribution that you get from the Mojo Mail support website has many, many ways to unsubscribe and unless a SPAMMER actually changes the underlying code of Mojo Mail, they should all work:

  Default Footer
  

  Each mailing list Message sent using Mojo Mail will have a default footer with instructions on how to unsubscribe and a link you can click to unsubscribe yourself.

  List Headers
  

  Each mailing list message send using Mojo Mail will contain email list headers that look like this:

          List: the_list
          List-Archive: http://theirsite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgif=archive&;list=my_list
          List-ID: 20020331090837
          List-Owner: <them@theiraddress.com>
          List-Subscribe: http://theirsite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi?f=n&;l=my_list
          List-Unsubscribe: http://theirsite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi?f=u&;l=my_list
          List-URL: http://theirsite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi?l=my_list

  There should be a header that says: List-Unsubscribe followed by a link. Visiting that link in a web browser should give you a form to unsubscribe

  Web Address
  

  You can unsubscribe to any list by visiting a link that looks like this:

          http://theirsite.com/cgi-bin/mojo/mojo.cgi?f=u

  replacing theirsite.com with the address that the copy Mojo Mail was installed

• Will reporting SPAM to you help me receive less SPAM?
  Sadly, no. All I can do is give you the above directions and wish you luck.

• Are you liable for SPAM email sent using Mojo Mail?
  No,

  Mojo Mail is released under the GNU Public License, which specificaly states:

          This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
          but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
          MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
          GNU General Public License for more details.
  

  
          You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
          along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
          Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.

  If you have any questions concerning the license, please send for a copy of the license. The Mojo Mail distribution from the Mojo Mail website should come with this license, you can also view it here:

  http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

• How do I stop receiving SPAM?
  

  Do not post your email address on a website
  

  Do not submit your email address to an online form
  

  Use a throwaway email address if you need to do either of the two
  

• I still think since you are held liable for what your program does, regardless of the license, what do you say about that?
  I like to give this quote out:

          I think that technologies are morally neutral until we apply them. 
          It's only when we use them for good or for evil that they become good or
           evil 
                  - William Gibson

  I created Mojo Mail for people to communicate. For me, Mojo Mail is an art project. I have given anyone, anywhere a canvas to voice their dreams and it doesn't cost them anything to use. I want Mojo Mail to be used to send out beautiful prose, a life's thesis, updates to the health of a loved one, a cry for help to a righteous cause. Abusing this right I've given you just reflects on the person's character. Mojo Mail is a powerful tool, power can be currupted. Please do not be the one that currupts.

Justin Simoni justin@skazat.com http://skazat.com