I run an electronic mail service or internet service provider. Can I be sued if one of my clients sends unsolicited commercial email (spam) without my knowledge?



Although you can be sued, you may have a defense under Texas Business and Commerce Code Sec. 321.112. The defense is very specific, and only applies to relay, store and forward servers

IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY: TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES AND ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICE PROVIDERS.

(c) A person injured by a violation of this chapter does not have a cause of action against a telecommunications utility or an electronic mail service provider under this chapter solely because the utility or service provider:
(1) is an intermediary between the sender, or a person acting on behalf of the sender, and the recipient in the transmission of electronic mail that violates this chapter;
(2) provides transmission, routing, relaying, handling, or storing, through an automatic technical process, of an unsolicited commercial electronic mail message through the utility’s or service provider’s computer network or facilities; or
(3) provides telecommunications services, information services, or other services used in the transmission of an electronic mail message that violates this chapter.

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