Use of electronic mail and other network communications facilities to harass, offend, or annoy other users of the network is forbidden. See the related policy below regarding chain letters. The Computing Center interprets the writing and forwarding of chain letters as a violation of the following policy in the Unity User Policy. Use of electronic mail and other network communications facilities to harass, offend, or annoy other users of the network is forbidden.
Chain letters are clearly an annoyance to most users.
Users who forward chain mail should be aware that their usernames appear in the forwarding path. A fourth violation will result in the permanent loss of Unity privileges. Ponzi Schemes are against Unity User Policy. A Ponzi scheme is a form of chain letter that requests recipients to send money to people on a list. The US Supreme Court has determined that Ponzi schemes are inherently fraudulent.