Flexihostings takes a zero-tolerance approach to spam originating from our servers or for spam advertising of domains hosted on our servers.

The following activities are not allowed:

• Unsolicited bulk or commercial messages ("spam"). This includes, but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial advertising, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for signatures, and political or religious tracts. Such messages may only be sent to those who have explicitly requested it from your domain.
• Forging, altering or removing electronic mail headers is prohibited. Any domain sending stealth spam will be terminated without warning and without refund.
• Spamming Newsgroups: Commercial advertisements are unwelcome in most Usenet discussion groups and on most e-mail mailing lists. Inappropriate posting may result in account cancellation. "Spamming," or sending a message to many different off-topic newsgroups, is particularly unethical and will be treated as such.
• Mail may not be used to harass or intimidate others. Harassment, whether through language, frequency of messages, or size of messages, is prohibited. Sending a single unwelcome message may be considered harassment. If a recipient asks to stop receiving e-mail, you must not send that person any further messages.
• Providing spamware (software used to send bulk email or software used to harvest email addresses) or links to sites providing spamware is strictly prohibited and subject to demand for removal or account cancellation.

NOTE: If you use the services of another provider (including but not limited to the use of address lists obtained from a third party vendor or provider) to promote a web site hosted by or through Flexihostings (spamvertising), then the provisions of the above Policy shall apply as if the spam were sent through our servers.

PENALTY: Depending on the severity of your SPAMMING, Flexihostings reserves the right to charge you between $1.00 - $100.00 PER SPAM sent through our network. Your web site content will also be confiscated and it will be NEVER returned to you.

Shared server resources include CPU and memory usage, number of concurrent processes, number of concurrent port or database connections and total bandwidth. Flexihostings will be the sole arbiter as to what constitutes a violation of this provision. Possible causes of server resource abuse include, but are not limited to, the use of: CGI, Perl, Sendmail, mySQL, MSSQL, PHP, ASP, COLDFUSION, HTTP, SMTP, POP3 and FTP. Shared server accounts are NOT allow to send more than 2000 emails per day. If server resource abuse is detected, possible actions include, but are not limited to: disabling of the offending script or scripts, disabling of the specific service, disabling of the entire account or account cancellation. If server overload is a result of server resource abuse, these actions will be taken without prior notice or warning.

Both Unix and Windows based scripts.

Ikonboard (all versions) The Anonymizer UltimateBBS (all versions) All soap mailers

BitchX psybnc (all versions) guardservices Proxy Servers

ptlink nph-proxy bnc Greymatter

We do not allow clients to install their own chat rooms within a shared hosting account, without approving it with the Flexihostings Support Team. Most chat rooms tend to be large system hogs and we cannot allow it as an account option. Note: Parachat chat rooms do not apply to this rule. They are perfectly fine to install.

We do not allow clients to send more than 2000 pieces of e-mail per day from a shared hosting account. If you do send more than 2000 pieces of e-mail per day, your account will be placed on hold for Network Abuse. If you are sending legitimate e-mails and they total more than 2000 per day your account will be moved to a special server that is specifically designed to handle high volumes of e-mail. You will be charged $50.00/month in addition to your regular hosting charges if your account is moved to this server. Please contact dc@flexihostings.net to have your domain moved.

If you use any bandwidth or storage space in excess of the agreed upon number of megabytes per month or if you exceed E-Mail storage and attachment size limitations, Flexihostings may, in its sole discretion, assess you with additional charges. If Flexihostings elects to take any corrective action, Flexihostings will not refund any unused pre-paid fees. Your use of your account and access to it is your responsibility. You are responsible for any unauthorized access to your account resulting in bandwidth, storage and/or E-mail usage exceeding the limits outlined in your particular web hosting package specifications and resultant charges. Bandwidth overages are currently billed at $2 per 1GB per month. Disk space overages are currently billed at $1.50 per 250MB per month.

All pricing is guaranteed for the term of pre-payment. Flexihostings reserves the right to change prices at any time, unless other terms have been agreed upon. Any account not brought current within a week (7 days) of e-mail notice or exceeding this time frame in any way is subject to suspension. The customer is responsible for all money owed on the account from the time it was established to the time that the customer notifies Flexihostings at support@flexihostings.net.au to request for termination of services. All taxes, fees and governmental charges relating to the Services provided hereunder (other than income taxes of Flexihostings) shall be paid by Customer. Flexihostings accepts paper checks from customers for payment of web hosting services and fees associated with your account. However, there will be a $5.00 per check processing fee for each customer paying by check.

All of Flexihostings's shared web hosting plans are backed by a 30 day money back guarantee however for purchases of all kinds of dedicated server, VPS/VDS, license purchase, ssl and domain registration are non refundable or returnable.

If you are not completely satisfied with our services or support within the first 30 days of your contract, you will be given a full refund of the contract amount excluding setup fees, domain registration fees, add-on/upgrade fees and overages. Setup fees are refundable only if the account order is canceled prior to account activation. For web hosting contracts of 3 months or less, the full contract amount less any setup fees and overages will be refunded if Flexihostings is notified within the first 30 days following activation. No refund is available after the 30th day. For web hosting contracts longer than 3 months, a refund equal to one half of the contract amount less any setup fees and overages will be given if Flexihostings is notified prior to the first day of the third month of the contract term. If you cancel prior to the end of your contract term and you received special pre-pay rates, your hosting fees will be adjusted so that you pay the regular, non-discounted monthly fees. No refunds for any reason will be given once the third month of the contract term has begun. Cancellations via email requests will not constitute acceptance of any cancellation. Refunds will be made by company check or issued back to your credit card within 30 days of receipt of cancellation. No refunds will be given for any promotional offer. This include any promotion with or without coupon purchase.

Any unreasonable chargeback will be deem as breach of contract and this will attract a minimum of AU$50 admin fee for settlement of the chargeback. You must contact us for any dispute in cancellation or payment issue instead of doing a unilateral chargeback request from your bank.

If the Agreement expires or is cancelled for any reason, Flexihostings is not liable to you because of the expiration or cancellation for compensation, reimbursement or damages on account of the loss of prospective profits, anticipated sales, goodwill or on account of expenditures, investments, leases or commitments in connection with your business, or for any other reason whatsoever flowing from the termination or expiration. If you terminate this Agreement, Flexihostings will not relieve you of any obligations to pay fees and costs accrued before the termination date or any other amounts you owe to Flexihostings under this Agreement.

Flexihostings will make no effort to validate any of this information for content, correctness or usability. If your material is not "server-ready", Flexihostings may reject this material. Flexihostings will notify you of its refusal of the material and afford you the opportunity to modify the material to satisfy Flexihostings's requirements. Use of the Services requires a certain level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols and software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated use and desired content of your Web site. You must have the necessary knowledge to create and maintain a Web site. Flexihostings does not provide this knowledge or customer support outside of the Services.

Except when expressly permitted by the owner of such rights, you must not use Flexihostings or its servers and network in a manner that would infringe, violate, dilute or misappropriate any such rights, with respect to any material, which you access or receive through the Flexihostings network. If you use a domain name in connection with Flexihostings or similar service, you must not use that domain name in violation of any trademark, service mark, or similar rights of any third party.

This includes, but is not limited to, accessing data not intended for the customer, logging into a server or account the customer is not expressly authorized to access, password cracking, probing the security of other networks in search of weakness, or violation of any other organization's security policy. Customers may not attempt to interfere or deny service to any user, host, or network. This includes, but is not limited to, flooding, mail bombing, or other deliberate attempts to overload or crash a host or network. Flexihostings will cooperate fully with investigations of violations of systems or network security at other sites, including cooperating with law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected criminal violations. Users who violate system or network security may incur criminal or civil liability. You are solely responsible for any security breaches affecting servers or accounts under your control. If your server or website is responsible for or involved in an attack on or unauthorized access into another server or system, Flexihostings will shut it down immediately. You will pay any charges resulting from the cost to correct security breaches affecting Flexihostings or any of its other customers.

You will be solely responsible for the development, operation and maintenance of your online store and products and all contents and materials appearing online or on your products, including without limitation (a) the accuracy and appropriateness of content and materials appearing within the store or related to your products, (b) ensuring that the content and materials appearing within the store or related to your products do not violate or infringe upon the rights of any third party, and (c) ensuring that the content and materials appearing within the store or related to your products are not libelous or otherwise illegal. You will be solely responsible for the final calculation and application of shipping and sales tax. You will also be solely responsible for accepting, processing, and filling any customer orders, and for handling any customer inquiries or complaints arising there from.

You are also responsible for the security of any customer credit card numbers and related customer information you may access as a result of conducting electronic commerce transactions through your Web Site. You will keep all such information confidential and will use the same degree of care and security as you use with your confidential information.

You are expected to request and respond to support and other issues in a professional manner, when emailing Flexihostings or utilizing the Ticket Desk Support System, refrain from using caps, exclamation points, and other forms of written yelling. Any cursing, yelling, or further intentional disruptive behavior aimed at Flexihostings group or Flexi e-Solutions Pty Ltd or its employees shall be considered a violation of this TOS.

Any threat; whether verbally, orally, written, or delivered by second parties directed towards Flexihostings group or Flexi e-Solutions Pty Ltd or any of it's employees, partners, equipment, and concerns shall be construed as a violation of this TOS. Any conduct viewed as violating this section shall be considered a violation of this TOS. Flexihostings group or Flexi e-Solutions Pty Ltd will be the sole arbitrator in regards to what is deemed a violation.

No refunds shall be given when the contents of this section necessitates removal of the account.

All fees are non-refundable, in whole or in part, even if Customer's domain name registration is suspended, cancelled or transferred prior to the end of Customer's then current registration term. Flexihostings reserves the right to change fees, surcharges, renewal fees or to institute new fees at any time, for any reason, at its sole discretion. Customer's requested domain name will not be registered unless and until we receive actual payment of the registration fee, and have confirmed Customer's registration in an email from Flexihostings to the email address indicated in Customer's registration application. In the event of a charge-back by a credit card company (or similar action by another payment provider allowed by Flexihostings) in connection with the payments of the registration fee for Customer's domain name registration, Customer agrees and acknowledges that the domain name registration shall be transferred to Flexihostings as the paying entity for that registration to the registry and that we reserve all rights regarding such domain name including, without limitation, the right to make the domain name available to other parties for purchase. Flexihostings will reinstate Customer's domain name registration solely at Flexihostings's discretion, and subject to our receipt of the initial registration or renewal fee and our then-current reinstatement fee.

This includes, but is not limited to copyrighted material, material legally judged to be threatening or obscene, and material protected by trade secrets. The designation of any materials as such described above is left entirely to the discretion of Flexihostings management. Regardless of the place of signing this agreement, the client agrees that for purposes of venue and jurisdiction this contract was entered into and performed in Victoria, Australia and any dispute will be litigated or arbitrated in Victoria, Australia. Customer further waives all objections to venue or jurisdiction and acknowledges that venue and jurisdiction in any such litigation will be held in Victoria Courts. IN NO EVENT SHALL Flexihostings's MAXIMUM LIABILITY EXCEED THREE HUNDRED ($300.00) DOLLARS.

CUSTOMER AGREES THAT IT SHALL DEFEND, INDEMNIFY, SAVE AND HOLD Flexihostings HARMLESS FROM ANY AND ALL DEMANDS, LIABILITIES, LOSSES, COSTS AND CLAIMS, INCLUDING REASONABLE ATTORNEY'S FEES ASSERTED AGAINST Flexihostings, ITS AGENTS, ITS CUSTOMERS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, THAT MAY ARISE OR RESULT FROM ANY SERVICE PROVIDED OR PERFORMED OR AGREED TO BE PERFORMED OR ANY PRODUCT SOLD BY CUSTOMER, IT'S AGENTS, EMPLOYEES OR ASSIGNS. CUSTOMER AGREES TO DEFEND, INDEMNIFY AND HOLD HARMLESS Flexihostings AGAINST LIABILITIES ARISING OUT OF; (1) ANY INJURY TO PERSON OR PROPERTY CAUSED BY ANY PRODUCTS SOLD OR OTHERWISE DISTRIBUTED IN CONNECTION WITH Flexihostings's SERVER; (2) ANY MATERIAL SUPPLIED BY CUSTOMER INFRINGING OR ALLEGEDLY INFRINGING ON THE PROPRIETARY RIGHTS OF A THIRD PARTY; ( 3) COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT AND (4) ANY DEFECTIVE PRODUCTS SOLD TO CUSTOMER FROM Flexihostings's SERVER.

Flexihostings MAKES NO WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED FOR SERVICES WE PROVIDE. Flexihostings DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTY OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THIS INCLUDES LOSS OF DATA RESULTING FROM DELAYS, NON-DELIVERIES, WRONG DELIVERY, AND ANY AND ALL SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS CAUSED BY Flexihostings AND ITS EMPLOYEES. Flexihostings RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REVISE ITS POLICIES AT ANY TIME.

ALL SUB-NETWORKS, RESELLERS AND DEDICATED SERVERS OF Flexihostings MUST ADHERE TO THE ABOVE POLICIES.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW ANY TERM OR CONDITION WILL BE GROUNDS FOR IMMEDIATE ACCOUNT DEACTIVATION.