MacConnect Acceptable Use Policy

This Terms of Acceptable Use Policy ("AUP" or "Policy") is designed to keep MacConnect and the Internet enjoyable and useful for all of our members. Violation of this Policy may result in suspension or cancellation of MacConnect services.

MacConnect is committed to and supports the free flow of information and ideas over the Internet. MacConnect does not actively monitor nor does MacConnect exercise editorial control over the content of any web site, electronic mail transmission, mailing list, news group or other material created or accessible over MacConnect services. However, MacConnect reserves the right to remove any materials MacConnect does become aware of that are, in MacConnect's sole discretion, potentially illegal, could subject MacConnect to liability, or violate this Policy.

2.1. Using a personal account for high volume or commercial use. If you would like to provide high-volume or commercial services, please contact MacConnect Sales for information about opening up a commercial account. Activities which are prohibited as high volume include, but are not limited to:

Exceeding 5MB of disk space for your email box. Any email box exceeding 5MB will have incoming mail bounced until the user removes a sufficient number of messages as to return to compliance with this Policy.
Exceeding 5MB of disk space for personal web sites. Any personal web site exceeding 5MB will be suspended, until the customer brings the disk usage under 5MB as measured on MacConnect drives.
Exceeding 1GB of traffic in a one month period for personal web sites. Personal web sites exceeding 1GB of traffic in a one month period will be suspended until alternate arrangements for serving such sites can be made.
Regularly sending similar e-mail messages to more than 50 MacConnect members and/or Internet users in a "listserver" type fashion.

2.2. Using MacConnect services for illegal purposes, or in support of illegal activities. MacConnect reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and/or injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrong. Activities which are prohibited as potentially illegal include, but are not limited to:

Unauthorized copying of copyrighted material including, but not limited to, digitization and distribution of photographs from magazines, books, or other copyrighted sources, and copyrighted software.
Exporting software or technical information in violation of U.S. export control laws.
Posting or emailing of scams such as 'make-money-fast' schemes or 'pyramid/chain' letters.
Threatening bodily harm or property damage to individuals or groups.
Making fraudulent offers of products, items, or services originating from your account.
Attempting to access the accounts of others, or attempting to penetrate beyond security measures of our or other systems (referred to as hacking) whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data.

2.3. Harassing others by 'mail-bombing' or 'news-bombing'. 'Mail-bombing' constitutes sending more than ten (10) similar mail messages to the same email address. 'News bombing' constitutes sending more than 10Mbytes of data to a newsgroup.

2.4. Revealing your account password to others or allowing use of your account by others (other than authorized users in your household). At no time can there be simultaneous use of the same user name and password combination.

2.5. Forging any message header, in part or whole, of any electronic transmission, originating or passing through MacConnect services.

2.7. Use of software or any device that would allow your account to stay logged on while you are not actively using MacConnect services.

2.7a. Operation of server software of any type (including, but not limited to, mail servers, web servers, FTP servers, news servers, game servers, chat servers, Hotline servers and AppleShare IP servers) on computers connected to our network via analog dial-up, digital dial-up or ISDN. The use of "connection sharing" packages such as IPNetRouter or Vicom Internet Gateway is permitted, however the running of server software on gateway machines or machines connected "downstream" of a gateway machine is prohibited.

2.8. Cross-posting advertisements for products, items, or services to ten (10) or more unrelated USENET newsgroups.

2.9. Posting articles to any USENET or other news group, mailing list or similar forum which are off-topic according to the charter or other public statement of the forum.

2.10. Disrupting any newsgroup with frivolous, excessively vulgar, or repetitious postings.

2.11. Posting of binary, or excessively large, unrelated text files to non-binary news groups that have specifically requested such material not be posted in the group's FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions).

2.12. Installation of 'auto-responders', 'cancel-bots' or similar automated or manual routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic, or disrupt net newsgroups or email use by others.

2.13. Engaging in any of the above activities using the service of another provider but channeling such activities through an MacConnect account or re-mailer, or using an MacConnect account as a mail drop for responses.

2.14 Using MacConnect mailservers to distribute "spam" or unsolicited e-mail advertisements, announcements, offers, etc. to MacConnect members and/or other Internet users.

MacConnect has no practical ability to restrict all conduct, communications or content which might violate this Policy prior to transmission on MacConnect, nor can MacConnect ensure prompt removal of any such communications or content after transmission or posting. Accordingly, MacConnect does not assume liability to subscribers or others for any failure to enforce the terms of this Policy.

MacConnect reserves the right to modify this Policy at any time upon at least thirty (30) days prior notice. Notice of modifications to this Policy may be given to subscribers by posting such changes to the MacConnect web site (http://www.macconnect.com), by electronic mail, or by conventional mail.