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SpamRATS Public Mirrors - Terms of Service

The Terms of Service (ToS) provides information about the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors. This includes the RATS-Dyna, RATS-NoPtr, RATS-Spam, and RATS-Auth lists. If you do not agree with the ToS, please don't use the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors. Using the Public Mirrors means that you agree and are bound by the ToS.

SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors are free to use as long as it is within the limits of the Free Use Conditions that are outlined below. SpamRATS reserves the right and discretion to immediately restrict and prevent access to the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors if the Free Use Conditions are not met.

1. Free Use Conditions You may only use the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors if all of the below criteria applies to you. Usage refers to DNS queries to our public DNSBL servers.
  1. Access to the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors is free of charge for non-commercial usage by small-medium size organizations/email providers with less than 5000 mailboxes.
  2. The volume of queries you make to the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors do not exceed 40,000 queries a day.
  3. The network you use for DNS queries to the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors must be identifiable. Do NOT use a free DNS service for queries. Use your provider's or your own DNS service. Also, IP addresses making DNS queries MUST have a PTR/reverse DNS record in place.
  4. We do not accept queries from large shared hosting environments. Please contact us if you still wish to use SpamRATS for alternatives.
2. Commercial Usage Larger organizations, email providers, Internet Service Providers/ISPs with over 5000 mailboxes, or commercial email security and spam filter services, will require a subscription in order to access SpamRATS services. Users that exceed reasonable volumes of non-commercial usage of over 40,000 daily queries would also require a subscription. 3. Accuracy Data from the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors undergo rigorous review before it is added, but we can't promise that it will be free of errors. If you feel that there is an entry that does not belong on SpamRATS, please contact us and we will correct it as soon as we can. 4. Liability The SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors are free to be used by non-commercial users, provided that the Free Use Conditions are met. As a free user, you also agree that SpamRATS will have no liability to you for any losses incurred by your usage of the SpamRATS DNSBL Public Mirrors.

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