spam

You may have seen a fake email pretending to come from GreenNet asking you to log-in online for some reason.  This is phishing fraud and is not from GreenNet.

GreenNet has been a target for "phishing" emails for years.  These are emails sent to many addresses @gn.apc.org, often impersonating GreenNet and directing you to a web page that is usually on a compromised server.  Normally we block them as with other spam, but sometimes a few get through.  (The phishers' intention is to get credentials for GreenNet email accounts to send further annoying frauds and spam, because as with universities and other institutions, our servers have a good reputation and so even spam from them tends to get delivered.)

If you have received something about "upgrading e-mail accounts" with a link to an external form asking for your username and password, please just delete it (send us a copy to antispam@gn.apc.org if you like). 

If you have accidentally entered your password into a new or non-GreenNet form, please do contact us on support@gn.apc.org or 0330 355 4011.  You can also change your password by logging in at https://sqmail.gn.apc.org.

Thanks.

You are neither permitted nor authorised to send unsolicited bulk email to, through or from any GreenNet server.

Detail

Prohibitions include but are not necessarily restricted to the following list.

• No-one is permitted or authorised to send or cause to be sent unsolicited bulk email (otherwise known as “UBE” or “spam”) to, through or from the networks or equipment of GreenNet Ltd or of GreenNet Educational Trust.
• No-one is permitted to connect to or through our servers to post unsolicited bulk messages that link to commercial web sites. (This refers to form spam.)
• No-one is permitted to connect to GreenNet servers to transmit unsolicited communications of any kind that (a) are sent in bulk; (b) are commercial in nature and vary the sender address for no adequate reason; OR (c) harass, intimidate or coerce other internet users. See our terms and conditions .

• The definition of bulk is that the recipient’s identity is irrelevant because the message is applicable to many other potential recipients.
• By sending messages to through or from GreenNet facilities you consent to any technical or other action that is taken in response if your message is unsolicited and bulk.

Further information

The notice above has been prompted by people sending ‘business-to-business’ or ‘opt-out’ spam to GreenNet users. However, it applies to everyone who sends email to through or from GreenNet servers, whether a paying user of GreenNet services or any other person.

Additionally, if you are connected to the internet, it is a condition, either formally in your Terms of Service or Acceptable User Policy (AUP) or otherwise, that you do not send unsolicited bulk email or otherwise abuse the free services that the internet enables. Sending spam to anyone is and always has been an abuse of the network, and is and always has been prohibited and unauthorised. The Computer Misuse Act 1990 applies.

The EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, among other things, prohibit the sending of unsolicited or harassing messages to individuals and unincorporated associations, whether bulk or not. You are reminded that possession of a .org.uk or .org domain does not make an organisation or group a corporate subscriber. The regulations affect neither the situation for corporate subscribers nor the prohibitions above.

If you are unsure if you are spamming, or have been told you are not but have never investigated the matter for yourself, please see the definition of spam. Some guidelines for maintaining an email list (whether software-driven or manual) can be found here.

Abuse notices

Any abuse of the GreenNet servers to send UBE can be reported to abuse2@gn.apc.org.