Resource Usage Policy
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Users may not, through a cron job, CGI script, interactive commands, or any other means, initiate the following on our servers:

• Run any process that requires more than 8Mb of memory space.
• Run any program that requires more than 30 CPU seconds or use more than 20% of the system resources at any given time.
• Use find anywhere except in their own directories.
• Send out mail to more than 150 addresses in one batch, whether sequentially or in parallel, not exceeding 25 recipients. Such batches must "sleep" for at least an hour between each delivery attempt.
• Send or receive, through mail, any file larger than 10MB. This limit is enforced in our mail server software and cannot be set per individual domain name. If someone has to send an e-mail message over 10 MB, please inform them to use an alternate method such as FTP or placing the file on a web site for people to download. Otherwise, their mail will be rejected and potentially the sender blocked.
  Large messages coupled with long upload/download times bog down the mail server, use unnecessary mail server bandwidth, and cause long delays for people to download the message on the receiving end (especially if they're on dialup).
• Run their own mailing list software.
• Run an interactive chat application.
• Run a banner exchange, remotely accessible web counter, or any other services that perform CGI processes for sites outside our network.
  

Important Note:

Most of these restrictions are based on our other policies. The restrictions on mail delivery exist for a very simple reason: We run web servers, not mail servers. Processing large amounts of mail adversely affects web server performance.

If we find that you are performing bulk mail runs, regardless of whether it is SPAM or not, we will have to put your account on hold for Abuse and investigate. Please send such mailings through your local ISP's mail server, or any other mail server which you are authorized to use. Many such mail servers are configured especially to handle an extremely high volume of mail.

This is not applicable to Fully Managed dedicated servers, providing that it does not interfere with DigiServ™ Technologies cc’s ability to manage the server on the client’s behalf.