Anti-Spam Policy

What Is Spam?

Email senders (like Russell-Realtor) tend to use the textbook definition: Unsolicited Bulk Email (UBE). You can read more about this definition at Spamhaus.

UBE is a useful definition: it points out that some things that might be OK to do on a 1-to-1 basis (like send an email about your company to someone who has never heard of you) are not OK to do in bulk.

But it's not a perfect one. Many things are not UBE but are considered spam by most people, including us.

Instead of trying to create a definition of spam that covers every possible scenario, let's look at a few things that we will consider spamming. We think this will give you a pretty good idea of what not to do.

Things Russell-Realtor will not do:

• Send email to people who have not specifically requested that information from Russell-Realtor.
• Post irrelevant links to your email in discussion forums, newsgroups or classifieds.
• We do not use email lists such as those purchased, rented, leased, or in any way from a third party.
• Send unsolicited email through a third party in order to try to get people to sign up to Russell-Realtor-managed email list, or to visit a website that market using Russell-Realtor in any way.
• Batch or in any way try to script the addition of new subscribers to the web form subscribe methods.

These aren't the only things we might consider spam. But they're a good start. Not sure if we'd consider something to be spam? Contact us and find out!

Note: we don't presume guilt. We investigate all potential spam incidents thoroughly before making a decision. But once we've made a decision, we act fast.

I Have Questions About Russell-Realtor's Anti-Spam Policy. Who Do I Talk To?

We're happy to answer any questions you have about spam and our anti-spam policy. Just contact us!