“Emails that violate the CAN-SPAM Act in the U.S. or other anti-spam laws”
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Compliance with anti-spam law is a platform condition, meaning a legal violation also constitutes an Acceptable Use Policy violation and may trigger Mailchimp's enforcement actions.
Interpretive note: The excerpt is a noun phrase from a prohibited-content list rather than a complete sentence with an explicit prohibition verb. The prohibition framing is inferred from the AUP list context. The canonical claim accurately reflects the substance but the excerpt alone does not contain the word 'prohibit' or equivalent.
Emails sent through Mailchimp must not violate the CAN-SPAM Act in the U.S. or any other applicable anti-spam laws.
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"Emails that violate the CAN-SPAM Act in the U.S. or other anti-spam lawsExcerpt from Mailchimp's Acceptable Use Policy
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Compliance with anti-spam law is a platform condition, meaning a legal violation also constitutes an Acceptable Use Policy violation and may trigger Mailchimp's enforcement actions.
Emails sent through Mailchimp must not violate the CAN-SPAM Act in the U.S. or any other applicable anti-spam laws.
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