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A Mailscreen customer gets an email account with an address such as MyName@Mailscreen.net. A customer controls mail which is delivered to this address in two ways:

1. by listing certain senders as accepted. This can be done by listing individual email addresses, such as myMom@aol.com, or by listing domains, such as MyWorkPlace.com. Mail from an accepted sender is delivered directly to the customer's address.
    
2. by setting the charge which all other senders must pay. This charge can be any amount between $0.31 and $100.00 per message. When mail arrives from a non-accepted sender, Mailscreen's Customer Agent automatically sends a message back to that sender explaining that payment must be made before the message will be delivered, and giving the sender a link to click to initiate payment.

A customer controls settings pertaining to his account by using a web browser and logging in at Mailscreen.net.

Mail from non-accepted senders is held awaiting payment for four days. It is discarded if payment is not received within this time.

Mailscreen does not attempt to detect spam by examining the content of incoming messages. The screening provided is based entirely upon the two items above: upon a customer's list of accepted senders and upon the requirement that non-accepted senders pay before their messages are delivered.

All payments are made through PayPal.com. Mailscreen does not accept payments in any other form at present.

Payments received from non-accepted senders are credited to the Mailscreen customer's account, after deduction of PayPal's processing fees. Although it is not anticipated that customers will accumulate substantial balances in their accounts, a customer may request payment of the balance at any time. Mailscreen will send a check for the balance, less a $10.00 processing fee, through paper mail.

Mailscreen customers must have an Internet connection to interact with Mailscreen, and must set up their email programs ("client" programs such as Outlook Express) to interact with their account at Mailscreen. Typically a Mailscreen customer will receive incoming mail in a POP3 mailbox, but optionally a customer may specify a forwarding address. Mailscreen customers typically send their outgoing mail through Mailscreen.