To use MyCanes it is required that your University of Miami e-mail alias points to your MyCanes account.
MyCanes accounts will be deleted 18 months after the student is no longer a registered student at the University of Miami.
Security measures are in place to protect the privacy of MyCanes users. Any attempt to bypass these security measures or to secure a higher level of access privilege without appropriate authorization is prohibited and may result in the loss of your account.
Use of another person's MyCanes account, or attempting to apply for an account using someone else's information, is strictly prohibited.
E-mail messages and stored files are considered private. Reading, deleting, or modifying another user's e-mail or files is prohibited.
Use of your MyCanes account for commercial purposes is prohibited. You may not sell access to your MyCanes account or perform work for profit in a manner not authorized by the University of Miami.
Offensive messages (e.g., messages with sexual, discriminatory, racial, or derogatory connotations) will not be permitted without the explicit consent of the recipient of the message. Harassment in any form will not be tolerated.
If a user has requested, via e-mail, to refrain from sending messages to another user the recipient is prohibited from sending that user any further e-mail messages until such a time as he/she has been notified that such correspondence is permissible. Violation of such a request will be considered harassment and is prohibited.
Please refrain from sending excessively large quantities of e-mail. An excessively large quantity of mail may be defined as a small message sent to a very large number of users, a very large message sent to several users, or anywhere in between. Users who repeatedly do this, regardless of the method used (e.g., distribution lists, multiple distribution lists, individual mailings, etc.), will be considered in violation of e-mail policy. This could significantly reduce response time or have undesired effects on rest of the MyCanes users.
Sending unsolicited commercial or bulk e-mail (spam), including advertisements, is prohibited.
Chain mail is prohibited. Chain mail is an e-mail message that requests the recipient to forward or send a copy of the message to multiple users.
You will be held responsible for all e-mail messages sent from your e-mail address. For this reason, forgery, or attempted forgery, of the "From: " line in an e-mail message is prohibited. Masking the identity of an account and/or electronic identification address is prohibited.
Use of mailing lists and news groups are permissible so long as your messages are consistent with the purpose of the mailing list or news group that you subscribe to. It is your responsibility to determine the purpose of the mailing list and/or news group prior to subscribing and sending messages.
In order to have a personal web page on MyCanes, you must agree to abide by the University of Miami's Personal Web Page policies. Violation of any of these policies may result in the loss of your personal web page and/or your MyCanes account.
MyCanes can not be used to upload or send copyrighted materials, trade secrets, proprietary financial information, or similar materials without appropriate prior authorization.
Students are encouraged to read the Student Rights and Responsibilities Handbook. Violations of some of these e-mail policies may also constitute violations of school policy mentioned therein. Violations of school policy will be brought to the attention of the proper authority and may lead to disciplinary charges. In addition, MyCanes users are subject to applicable local, state, and federal laws.
