E-mail, Newsgroups and Internet Relay Chat

2.9.1. KDSI does not retain backup copies of e-mail messages. Any messages that you would like to save should be downloaded and saved, locally, on your computer. KDSI in not responsible for undelivered, lost or misdirected e-mail.

2.9.2. KDSI is not responsible for e-mail being intercepted by a third party. e-mail, in it's native state, is not a secure or private means of communication. Your e-mail, as nearly everyone else's in the world, is sent across the internet as plain text. This means that it could be intercepted and easily read at any point between the message origin and destination.

2.9.3. E-mail is a person-to-person medium and not a broadcast medium. Harassing others by "mail-bombing" or "spamming", which constitutes sending the same or substantially similar unsolicited electronic mail messages to a large number of recipients, or more than ten (10) similar mail messages to the same e-mail address is grounds for termination of a customer's account. Threatening bodily harm or property damage to individuals or groups, for example, making terroristic threats, is also strictly prohibited and is grounds for termination.

2.9.4. Not every "flame" message or angry exchange of e-mail or newsgroup posting can automatically be considered harassment. KDSI is not responsible for the content or tone of any e-mail or other transmissions of the subscribers to its service or other parties using the Internet, and subscribers or others should not expect that KDSI will attempt to mediate or otherwise become involved in any particular disagreement or dispute between Internet users. Any abuse of this policy will result in a customers account being disabled and all other previous agreements rendered null and void.

2.9.5. Certain restrictions relating to newsgroup postings have been established by Usenet and are respected by KDSI. Customers of KDSI unconditionally agree to abide by such restrictions, protocols and policies in using their accounts.

2.9.6. The following activities are specifically prohibited by KDSI in connection with the use of e-mail, newsgroup or IRC services:

2.9.6.1. distributing malicious software which contributes to or assists in "mail-bombing" or "spamming";

2.9.6.2. sending unsolicited, junk or chain letter e-mail for the purpose of advertising or soliciting, or using KDS Internet's e-mail address to collect responses from unsolicited e-mail;

2.9.6.3. attempting to impersonate any person, using forged e-mail address or Usenet headers or other identifying information;

2.9.6.4. using an e-mail box exclusively as a storage space for data, which includes a mailbox exceeding 15MB or which has not been accessed for more than one (1) month;

2.9.6.5. using a news server for software distribution, cross-posting messages to more than 10 newsgroups and posting off-topic messages and advertising to newsgroups;

2.9.6.6. posting frivolous, excessively vulgar or repetitious messages to newsgroups;

2.9.6.7. posting binary or excessively large unrelated text files to non-binary newsgroups;

2.9.6.8. installing "auto-responders," "cancel-bots" or similar automated or manual routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic, or disrupt newsgroups or e-mail use by others;

2.9.6.9. transmitting blanket postings to all or large numbers of newsgroups simultaneously without regard to the newsgroups' topics; and

2.9.6.10. using IRC bots in violation of any accepted policies on IRC servers.