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I got this message from the SPAmway spammer's ISP. Thought you'd be
(mildly) interested.
>The account responsible has been located and suspended pending
>communication with the account holder. Appropriate action will be taken
>according to our AUP/TOS policies, up to and including full termination of
>service.
>MindSpring does not condone and will not permit abusive behavior by its
>users. Though no summary judgements will be made, all complaints we
>receive will be actively investigated and action will be taken when and where
it is
>appropriate. Depending upon the severity of the abuse and the history
>of the account involved, we may take any one or more of the following
>actions:
> issue warnings: written or verbal
> suspend newsgroup posting privileges
> suspend the account
> terminate the account
>MindSpring considers net-abuse an action that undermines the ability of
>a newsgroup, mailing list or IRC to serve as a discussion forum. In
>addition, net-abuse may be a violation of state or federal law, or the
>laws of other countries.
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>The MindSpring AUP/TOS documents currently can be found at:
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This document is intended to provide a general understanding of
MindSpring's
policy with respect to what the Company considers inappropriate activity
on
the part of MindSpring users.
-Harry Smoak
Abuse Captain
MindSpring TOS/Abuse Staff
abuse -at- mindspring -dot- com
Technical Consultant/ Communication Specialist
Software Services Corporation
Ann Arbor, Michigan (800)
448-1568
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My opinions do not in any way represent those of my employer.