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Originally posted by RawAlex

A program that spots and takes timely action to stop accepting traffic and stop paying for it will probably not face legal issues any more than an ISP would if they take action to curtain the spam in a timely manner.

I agree, but I also suspect that full legal protection will take more than just posting a "do not spam" clause in a sponsor's ToS. There are, or at least have been, sponsors who appear to do a "wink and a nod" about allowing their affiliates to use email spam, even though their public ToS forbids it. I imagine a judge in such a case would want to see some proactive evidence of policy enforcement, such as you mention - deleting spammers' accounts in a timely manner, etc.