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Should I Include My E-Mail Address With My Post?

Am I Required to Include My E-Mail Address In My Post?

What Are Some Benefits of Including My E-Mail Address?

What Are Some Risks of Including My E-Mail Address?

What Else Should I Keep in Mind?

What If I Am Unsure About Including My E-Mail Address?

Who Will Be Able To See My E-Mail Address?

If I Do Include My E-Mail Address, What Do You Recommend?

Is E-Mail Secure?

Who Is Responsible For Problems Regarding E-Mail?

Did An E-Mail I Received Really Come From You?

How Can I Tell If An E-Mail I Received Comes From You? / What Should I Do If I Receive Fraudulent E-Mail Allegedly From You?

How Can I Contact You Via E-Mail?

What Things Must I Know Regarding E-Mailing You?

Why Was My E-Mail To You Not Responded To?

What If I Want My E-Mail Address Removed From This Site or Changed?

What If Have a Problem Regarding E-Mail (Sent or Received)?

I Am Receiving a Lot of Junk E-Mail. Did You 'Sell Out' My E-Mail Information?

What If My E-Mail Address Was Wrongly Used By Another?

Q. Should I Include My E-Mail Address With My Post?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. Am I Required to Include My E-Mail Address In My Post?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. What Are Some Benefits of Including My E-Mail Address?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. What Are Some Risks of Including My E-Mail Address?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. What Else Should I Keep in Mind?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. What If I Am Unsure About Including My E-Mail Address?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. Who Will Be Able To See My E-Mail Address?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. If I Do Include My E-Mail Address, What Do You Recommend?

A. Click here for more on this topic.

Q. Is E-Mail Secure?

A. E-mail is generally insecure. E-mail may be intercepted, forged, spied on/read by others, etc. Do not transmit sensitive personal information via e-mail. 

Q. Who Is Responsible For Problems Regarding E-Mail?

A. You alone are responsible for all problems regarding e-mail. As indicated in our terms of use, you assume all risk relating to the use of e-mail. If you cannot afford - or do not want - such risks, you should not participate.

Q. Did An E-Mail I Received Really Come From You?

A. Did you receive unexpected e-mail / junk e-mail / malicious e-mail / etc. allegedly from us? Unfortunately, we have ourselves received such e-mail. You should know that others may easily send e-mail and make it look as though it came from someone else (called "spoofing"). The fact that an e-mail may look as though it came from us (even if it includes links to our site, logos of ours, etc.), does not necessarily guarantee that it really did come from us. Remember that e-mail may be easily forged. Use great caution with such mail as it may be an attempt to gather personal information about you or seek to compromise your system. For assistance in determining if an e-mail is really from us and for further instructions on what to do, see question below (click here). 

Q. How Can I Tell If An E-Mail I Received Comes From You? / What Should I Do If I Receive Fraudulent E-Mail Allegedly From You?

A. As indicated above, e-mail is easily forged and the fact that an e-mail may look as though it came from us (even if it includes links to our site, logos of ours, etc.), does not necessarily guarantee that it really did come from us. If you receive an e-mail that appears to come from us but it asks for private information / requires you to "log on" / tells you that you have "won" something / is full of typos or poorly constructed sentences allegedly from us / is cryptic / contains anti-Catholic content allegedly from us / has unexpected attachments / contains offensive graphics allegedly from us / etc., you may assume that it is not from us (no matter how 'real' it may otherwise appear). 

For assistance in determining whether an e-mail really did come from us, you may contact your Internet service provider / qualified administrator / etc., use applicable tools that may be available online / etc. Please do not contact us for assistance regarding such matters as we are unable to assist you personally. 

When evaluating e-mail, it may also be helpful to consider the purpose of the e-mail - remember that legitimate e-mail from us may verify information you have provided, but it won't ask you to reveal sensitive personal information (or instruct you to transmit personal information via a website), it won't require you to 'log on', it won't require you to disclose financial information (including your credit card number), it won't require you to open unexpected files/attachments, it won't require you to 'update your password' or supply a password, etc. Our legitimate e-mail should not contain anti-Catholic content or be full of typos or poorly constructed sentences. Our e-mail is also unlikely to directly solicit funds (especially to other websites / oversees addresses / etc.) or to appear 'pointless'. We do not need your help with overseas cash. We do not need to perform security updates that require you to log in. We do not threaten to disable your 'account' [remember that you don't even have an 'account' here unless you previously made a purchase - e.g. paid a processing fee for an advertisement with your credit card - and chose to create an account (even so, we would not 'threaten to disable your account')]. We do not sell prescription medication. We do not endorse any third party products / services / websites / etc. (regardless of what you may be told).

You should NEVER respond to forged e-mail - do not visit websites indicated in the e-mail / do not view graphics / do not open files / do not open attachments / do not 'log in' anywhere / do not provide any personal information / do not send money / etc. [instead, consider reporting fraudulent e-mail to the proper governmental authorities (not us), your Internet service provider, etc.]. 

Should you receive forged e-mail / malicious e-mail, we encourage you to report it law enforcement or other appropriate authorities, as appropriate (especially if it is more than simple 'annoyance' e-mail). Please keep in mind, however, that malicious or junk e-mail that is sent is probably disguised (so you think it comes from someone else) or it may come from a victimized computer (without the owner's permission). It may have forged IP addresses and other forged information, and it may be likely to originate from outside the U.S. 

Remember that we are not responsible for fraudulent / spoofed / etc. e-mail or for any consequences that may occur due to such e-mail. Note that those who send such e-mail might just as easily utilize another e-mail address (even yours!). They can do this without having control over your system, they can do this even if your system is fully secure, is not compromised, has no viruses, etc. In fact, 'spoofing' of e-mail may be quite easy and does not require that the sender have any control whatsoever over another system (a mail address - real or manufactured - may be all that is needed!). Unfortunately, we are unable to assist you in tracking down or stopping perpetrators of such fraud. Furthermore, we know that fraudulent sending of e-mail occurs, so it is not necessary to inform us of it (remember that if we receive thousands of notifications regarding such incidents, it may slow us down, use up resources, and distract us from our purpose). On the other hand, if you have good reason to believe we have actually been "hacked" (and not just 'spoofed' - which does not require actual control of another's computer system), please let us know (try here for contact information).

Q. How Can I Contact You Via E-Mail?

A. For contact information, try here.

Q. What Things Must I Know Regarding E-Mailing You?

A. Remember that all contacts (via e-mail / mail / phone / etc.) are subject to our feedback terms & conditions and that all use of this site is subject to our terms of use. You must also follow our Code of Conduct. Be sure to follow all guidelines when contacting us. Remember that we cannot respond personally to feedback, regardless of the importance or urgency of the matter, so please do not request or expect a response. Also, we use filtering, so if your message contains certain words (or comes from a certain address, IP, etc.), it may be automatically rejected. It may also be automatically rejected if it contains all capitals, symbols, html text, advertising, excess verbiage, offensive/questionable material, poor grammar, etc. or is not in English. When contacting us, you must use the correct address / form / etc. and may not include any unsolicited attachments or images. Remember that it may take us a long time to consider feedback and that feedback may be auto deleted / ignored / discarded / etc. for any reason (or for no reason). Remember that we do not promise to consider any/all feedback. Please keep all contact short and to the point. Note that there may be a size limit to e-mail. Also, do not send any sensitive personal information with your feedback. NOTICE: ALL E-MAIL MUST BE SENT TO THE PROPER ACCOUNT (E.G. TO THE SPECIFICALLY AUTHORIZED ACCOUNT FOR THE TYPE OF E-MAIL SENT). ANY E-MAIL SENT TO AN IMPROPER ACCOUNT MAY BE SUBJECT TO AUTO-REJECTION.

Q. Why Was My E-Mail To You Not Responded To?

A. As indicated above, we cannot respond personally to feedback, regardless of the importance or urgency of the matter, so please do not request or expect a response.

Q. What If I Want My E-Mail Address Removed From This Site or Changed?

A Sorry, but we cannot honor requests to make changes / deletions to user posts.

Q. What If Have a Problem Regarding E-Mail (Sent or Received)?

A. Depending upon the nature of the problem, it you may consider notifying your ISP, law enforcement and/or other appropriate agencies. Remember that we are not a party to others' activities and do not mediate disputes. You are solely responsible for the consequences of using this site (including all correspondence sent/received)

If you have problems with e-mail received or to prevent problems, consider...

* Not including your e-mail address with your posts (click here for more information)

* Changing e-mail addresses

* Using multiple e-mail accounts

* Using adequate / up-to-date virus protection / spyware detection / etc.

* Employing filtering

* If you think a junk e-mail / malicious e-mail / etc. is from us, see question above (click here)

* If you think we 'sold out' your e-mail address, see question below (click here)

* Remember not to provide personal information (especially via e-mail or other insecure methods)

* Do not visit unknown websites / open unexpected attachments / view graphics / run unknown programs (or allow them to run) / etc. 

* Do not reply to uncertain e-mail

If you have problems with sent e-mail or to prevent problems, consider...

* Being especially careful to follow all instructions

* E-mail addresses of others may change frequently

* People may check their e-mail accounts infrequently

* People may not have the time or inclination to respond to e-mail

* There may be a technical problem / the e-mail mail never have been received / the e-mail may have been filtered out / etc.

Q. I Am Receiving a Lot of Junk E-Mail. Did You 'Sell Out' My E-Mail Information?

A. If you are receiving a lot of junk mail after posting to this site, please do not assume that we 'sold out' your e-mail address! Like you, we most definitely do not appreciate unsolicited junk e-mail! Remember that if you provide your e-mail address, it may appear on this site for anyone to see (and, unfortunately, even to abuse). Even if the e-mail comes from (or appears to come from) a Catholic (or 'Christian'), you should not assume that we 'sold out' your e-mail address! Remember that we do not endorse any third party (regardless of what you may be told). Most likely, such occurrences of unsolicited e-mail may be tied to another user of this site (or other third party) who has 'harvested' your information. While we regret such incidents, we are, unfortunately, unable to prevent their occurrence. This is one of the reasons we caution users regarding providing their e-mail address with posts (click here for more information). Note: We regret that we are unable to assist you regarding unsolicited e-mail. As applicable, you may report those who abuse e-mail to law enforcement or other authorities. Please do not contact us regarding such matters. 

Q. What If My E-Mail Address Was Wrongly Used By Another?

A. If you are referring to the receipt of junk 'e-mail', see question above. If your e-mail address was fraudulently submitted by another user with their post, we encourage you to report this to appropriate federal, state, and local law enforcement and/or other appropriate authorities/agencies. Note: If you have information about fraudulent site use / abuse of this site, you may also click here to report it to us. 

Above is not comprehensive. We make no guarantees regarding any item herein. By using this site you indicate agreement to all terms. For terms information, see "Important Notice" above and click here.

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