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InterRamp Support
Dec 14, 1995, 3:00:00 AM12/14/95
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Net-abuse has increasingly become a high priority for PSINet.
We feel strongly that cancel-bots and warning messages will
help protect the Internet community from unnecessary abuse by
our customers. We will proactively use cancel-bots and warning
messages for the InterRamp and Pipeline customers, in the following
situations; when a PSINet customer spams a newsgroup, when a PSINet
customer forges electronic mail, and any other evidence of net-abuse
as defined by the Internet as a whole.
We feel strongly that cancel-bots and warning messages will
help protect the Internet community from unnecessary abuse by
our customers. We will proactively use cancel-bots and warning
messages for the InterRamp and Pipeline customers, in the following
situations; when a PSINet customer spams a newsgroup, when a PSINet
customer forges electronic mail, and any other evidence of net-abuse
as defined by the Internet as a whole.
Our present procedure deals with each net-abuse case on an
individual basis with the abuser. Our policy is to issue two
warning messages to the abuser about the inappropriate postings;
if a third message has to be sent, the account is disabled.
PSINet is now implementing a system in which if net-abuse is
found, cancel-bots will be issued to insure that netiquette will
not be violated. PSINet will also continue to send email messages
to the abusers with a warning that this behavior will not be
tolerated by PSINet or the Internet community.
PSINet considers net-abuse an action the undermines the ability
of a newsgroup to serve as a discussion forum.
Mary-Ann Carolan
PSINet
Vice President of Individual Services
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