System abuse is strictly prohibited. SouthNet may terminate or modify service immediately and may bill for any resulting support charges if the client engages in system abuse. Following is a list of actions which are defined to be system abuse. This list is non-exclusive; any action about which there is any doubt should be referred to SouthNet for evaluation. Actions which constitute system abuse include, but are not limited to:
- attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account on SouthNet systems or the Internet at large ("cracking");
- attempting, in any way, to interfere with or deny service to any user or any host on the Internet;
- forging email or USENET posting header information;
- Sharing and/or downloading of copyrighted material. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (You will need Adobe Acrobat to read this document.)
- sending large numbers of unsolicited mail messages (i.e. "junk mail" or "spam"); this includes adding or attempting to add addresses to any mailing list without explicit positive consent of the addressee.
- forwarding or posting "chain letters" (multiple forwarding) of any type;
- posting inappropriate messages to USENET newsgroups e.g., posting large numbers of unsolicited posts indiscriminately ("spamming"), or posting encoded binary files to USENET newsgroups not specifically named for that purpose;
- attempting to cancel, supersede, or otherwise interfere with email or USENET posts other than one's own;
- engaging in harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages;
- using an account at another provider to promote an SouthNet Web site in an abusive manner;
- using an SouthNet account or network connection to collect replies to messages sent from another provider which violate these rules or those of that provider.
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