Our Appropriate Use Policy (AUP) is intended to help protect our customers, and the Internet community, from the inappropriate use of the Internet. A customer's use of Bee Sky service constitutes acceptance of this AUP. We reserve the right to revise and update this AUP from time to time. For the most current version please go to http://www.beesky.com/newsite/aup/index.html. Bee Sky expects our customers to cooperate with our TOS/Abuse department when requested to aid their investigations.
This AUP is divided into three sections:
- Section 1. Violations and Descriptions of Appropriate Use
- Section 2. Reporting to Bee Sky's TOS/Abuse department
- Section 3. Service Usage Policies
- Section 4. Related Bee Sky Documents and Policies
Section 1. Violations and Descriptions of
Appropriate Use
General Violations
Our AUP prohibits the following:
Impersonation/Forgery: Privacy violations: Threats: Harassment: Illegal Use: Reselling: Network Disruptions and Network unfriendly activity:
Any activities which adversely affect the ability of other people or
systems to use Bee Sky services or the Internet are prohibited. This
includes "denial of service" (DoS) attacks against another network host or
individual user.
Interference with or disruption of other network users, network
services or network equipment is prohibited.
It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that their network is
configured in a secure manner. A customer may not, through action or
inaction, allow others to use their network for illegal or inappropriate
actions. A customer may not permit their network, through action or
inaction, to be configured in such a way that gives a third party the
capability to use their network in an illegal or inappropriate manner.
Mail
Sending unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited.
Using a Bee Sky e-mail or website address to collect responses from
unsolicited commercial e-mail is prohibited.
Sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail, whether or not that e-mail
is commercial in nature, is prohibited.
Activities that have the effect of facilitating unsolicited commercial
e-mail, or large volumes of unsolicited e-mail whether or not that e-mail
is commercial in nature, are prohibited.
News
Bee Sky customers should use their best judgment when posting to any
newsgroup. Many groups have charters, published guidelines, FAQs, or
"community standards" describing what is and is not considered
appropriate. Usenet can be a valuable resource if used properly. The
continued posting of off-topic articles is prohibited. Commercial
advertisements are off-topic in most newsgroups, especially regional
groups not specifically named for such. The presence of such articles in a
group is not indicative of the group's "intended" use. Please familiarize
yourself with basic USENET netiquette before posting to a newsgroup.
Newsgroup spamming: Spam is, first and foremost, a numerical
metric-Posting substantively similar articles individually to multiple
newsgroups is spamming by definition. This form of spam is sometimes
referred to as "excessive multi-posting" (EMP). Bee Sky considers
"multi-posting" to 10 or more groups within a two week sliding window to
be excessive. Bee Sky servers currently limit the number of allowable
"cross-posts" to 9.
Hostile attacks or invectives (flames) aimed at a group or an
individual poster, are generally considered inappropriate in Bee Sky
service groups. Flames in the non-service groups are discouraged. Many
news readers offer filtering capabilities that will bring certain messages
to your attention or skip over them all together (kill files).
Bee Sky customers may not cancel messages other than their own
messages. A customer may cancel posts forged in that customer's name.
Bee Sky may cancel any postings which violate this AUP.
Web
Using a Bee Sky website address or Bee Sky hosted web account to
collect responses from unsolicited commercial e-mail is also prohibited.
Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
The use of IRC bots is prohibited. The violation of any accepted
policies on IRC servers is prohibited.
Excessive bandwidth or disk utilization
Bee Sky account descriptions specify any limits on bandwidth and
disk utilization. The use of bandwidth or disk space in excess of those
limits is not permitted. Bandwidth utilization is determined by the total
number of bytes transferred from an account's Web and FTP space. Disk
utilization is determined by the total number of bytes required to store
an account's Web, FTP, and Mail data.
If Bee Sky determines that excessive bandwidth or disk space
utilization is adversely affecting Bee Sky's ability to provide
service, Bee Sky may take immediate action. Bee Sky will attempt to
notify the account owner by e-mail as soon as practicable.
Section 2. Reporting to Bee Sky's TOS/Abuse department Bee Sky requests that anyone who believes that there is a violation
of this AUP should direct the information to the AUP Abuse Staff at the
appropriate address:
spam@beesky.com abuse@beesky.com abuse@beesky.com info@beesky.com Bee Sky may take any one or more of the following actions in
response to compaints:
What information should be submitted?
E-mail with full header information provides all of the above, as do
syslog files. Other situations will require different methods of providing
the above information.
Adding, removing, or modifying identifying
network header information ("spoofing") in an effort to deceive or mislead
is prohibited. Attempting to impersonate any person by using forged
headers or other identifying information is prohibited. The use of
anonymous remailers and nicknames does not constitute impersonation. Using
deliberately misleading headers ("munging" headers) in news postings in
order to avoid spam e-mail address collectors is allowed provided
appropriate contact information is contained in the body of the posting.
Attempts, whether successful or unsuccessful, to
gain access to any electronic systems, networks or data, without proper
consent, are prohibited.
Threats of bodily harm or destruction of property are
prohibited.
Threatening or harassing activity is prohibited.
The use of Bee Sky service for illegal purposes is
prohibited.
The resale of Bee Sky service without proper
authorization from Bee Sky Enterprises, Inc. is prohibited.
Bee Sky
customers who wish to report "spam" they have received from a
non-Bee Sky source should send copies of the email they received along
with full header information to this address. These messages may not
receive a response, but Bee Sky may use the information received at
this address to aid in the development of Bee Sky's Spaminator(tm)
filter lists.
All
issues involving other e-mail abuse originating from Bee Sky e-mail or
network addresses should be sent here.
All
issues regarding USENET "news" abuse issues originating from Bee Sky
customers should be sent here.
All
other issues should be sent here. These might include security concerns,
general questions or other issues involving our Appropriate Use Policy
("AUP").
Section 3. Service Usage Policies
Bee Sky Consulting, Inc. is not responsible for any long-distance charges that may be incurred through use of our services. Please note, if you must dial 1, then an area code, to reach our dial-up access lines, there will be a long-distance charge. Some dial-up software may automatically add a country code and area code to your settings. Please check with our technical support department if you have any doubts about your modem settings. Contact your phone company if you have any questions concerning their long distance policies and/or boundaries.
Section 4. Related Bee Sky Documents and
Policies
Appropriate Use Policy http://www.beesky.com/newsite/aup/index.html
If you have questions or concerns regarding any of these policies,
please contact Bee Sky Customer Service at info@beesky.com.