What is conventionally meant by the
term Net abuse is abuse of the resources of the
Net rather than abusive language on the Net. Usenet is a medium
in which forthright opinions are often exchanged and few ISPs are likely
to be interested in complaints about swearing or personal abuse. Those
who indulge in Net abuse as described below risk having their Internet
account suspended or withdrawn - although, like any sanction, this does
not prevent the foolhardy going ahead. Net abuse includes (not an exhaustive
list):
- UCE/UBE - Unsolicited
Commercial (/Bulk) Email, the Internet equivalent of junk
mail, commonly referred to as spam;
- mailbombing - sending very many or very large emails to annoy the
recipient or to make his or her Internet account almost unusable;
- spam - originally this meant posting
the same message to a large number of newsgroups, most of
them inappropriate, but is now used to refer to unsolicited
email aswell;
- the deliberate posting of adverts and binaries to
inappropriate groups;
- attempting to pose as someone else by forging the headers of an email
or news posting.
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In addition, you would be well advised not to post material which
is illegal or which could be construed as defamtaory or libellous.
Demon provide their own informal discussions on news and email abuse
at: http://www.demon.net/helpdesk/producthelp/aup/discussions/
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