Acceptable Use Policy
Rules regarding the acceptable use of JunkMail's services to prevent abuse.
Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)
Last Updated: December 29, 2025
This Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP") outlines the forbidden uses of JunkMail's services. This policy is an integral part of our Terms of Service. Violation of this policy will result in immediate suspension or termination of your access to our services, potentially without notice or refund.
1. Zero Tolerance for Spam
As an email service provider, the reputation of our IP addresses is our most valuable asset.
- Outgoing Spam: You may strictly NOT use our "Forwarding" features or any outbound capability to send unsolicited bulk emails (spam), promotional material, or harass recipients.
- Incoming Spam: You may not use our service to sign up for newsletters or services with the malicious intent of flooding our servers (mail bombing).
2. Prohibited Activities
You agree not to use JunkMail for any of the following:
A. Illegal Activities
- Engaging in any illegal activities, including but not limited to fraud, identity theft, money laundering, or buying/selling illegal goods (drugs, weapons, etc.).
- Distributing child sexual abuse material (CSAM). We report all instances to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) and relevant authorities immediately.
B. Harassment & Threat
- Sending threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, libelous, or deceptive content via our forwarding service.
- Impersonating any person or entity.
C. Technical Abuse
- Scraping: Accessing or using our website or API via automated means (bots, spiders, scrapers) in a way that exceeds reasonable limits or bypasses our Rate Limiting measures.
- Denial of Service: Attempting to crash, flood, or interfere with our infrastructure.
- Malware: Distributing viruses, worms, trojans, or other malicious code.
D. Account Abuse
- Creating thousands of disposable emails programmatically to abuse third-party services (e.g., creating fake accounts on Twitter, Facebook, Netflix, etc. in violation of their TOS).
- Reselling JunkMail accounts or API keys without explicit written permission.
3. Enforcement
We reserve the right to determine, at our sole discretion, what constitutes a violation of this AUP. In case of violation, we may:
- Block your IP address or range of IPs.
- Terminate your Premium subscription without refund.
- Report your activity to relevant ISPs, regulators, or law enforcement agencies.
- Delete all data associated with your account.
4. Reporting Abuse
If you have received spam from a @junkmail.site address or believe our service is being used for abuse, please report it immediately to:
Please include the full email headers if possible. We investigate all reports and take swift action.