> Dear Mr. John Bowers, (you made this information available, I didn't
> dig for it)
>
> I'll make a deal with you....
>
> I won't report you if you STOP posting over and over and realize that
> these messages never go anywhere, they are archived, so your purpose
> has been met.
>
> If you do continue, I'll be forced to notify abuse@verizon.net and
> tell them that user that posted this message
> Message-ID: 4ax.com> which they
> can track to the IP and the account that you used to post the message,
> and discontinue your service.
>
> I'm not threatening, I'm just offering you a fair solution to your
> obvious need to continue to post.
>
> And yes, even posting info on ATVs in an ATV group is valid, but
> posting numerous 'copies' is a violation of Verizon's Terms of Service
> agreement that you agreed to by using their service.... Below you will
> find a copy of verizon's Newsgroup Posting Policy, and their
> Acceptable Use Policy. IF you look in the AUP, under section #3,
> subsection d), you will find yet ANOTHER violation...
>
> So just in case you thought I was just some dumb redneck... think
> again...
>
> ======
> Newsgroup Posting Policy
>
> It is a violation of Verizon policy to add messages to newsgroups 1)
> that are clearly inappropriate given the intended purpose or scope of
> the newsgroup, including adding commercial postings to newsgroups of a
> non-commercial nature, or 2) in a manner that is clearly excessive and
> intended to annoy or harass. Subscribers that Verizon determines to be
> in violation of this policy shall be subject to immediate termination
> of service without prior notice, or immediate suspension of service
> without prior notice pending results of an investigation.
> ======
> Acceptable Use Policy
>
> 1. This is Verizon's policy on the acceptable use of the Service. It
> is designed to help protect the Service, Verizon's customers and the
> Internet community, from irresponsible or illegal activities.
>
> 2. Verizon reserves the right to deny Service to you, or immediately
> to terminate your Service for material breach, if your use of the
> Service or your use of an alias or the aliases of additional users on
> your account, whether explicitly or implicitly, and in the sole
> discretion of Verizon: (a) is obscene, indecent, pornographic,
> sadistic, cruel or racist in nature, or of a sexually explicit or
> graphic nature; (b) espouses, promotes or incites bigotry, hatred or
> racism; (c) might be legally actionable for any reason, (d) is
> objectionable for any reason, or (e) in any manner violates the terms
> of this Acceptable Use Policy.
>
> 3. You may NOT use the Service as follows: (a) for any unlawful,
> improper or illegal purpose or activity; (b) to post or transmit
> information or communications that, whether explicitly stated,
> implied, or suggested through use of symbols, are obscene, indecent,
> pornographic, sadistic, cruel, or racist in content, or of a sexually
> explicit or graphic nature; or which espouses, promotes or incites
> bigotry, hatred or racism; or which might be legally actionable for
> any reason; (c) to access or attempt to access the accounts of others,
> to spoof or attempt to spoof the URL or DNS or IP addresses of Verizon
> or any other entity, or to attempt to penetrate or penetrate security
> measures of Verizon or other entities' systems ("hacking") whether or
> not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data; (d) to
> bombard individuals or newsgroups or community message boards with
> uninvited communications, data or information, or other similar
> activities, including but not limited to "spamming", "flaming" or
> denial or distributed denial of service attacks; (e) to transmit
> unsolicited voluminous emails (for example, spamming) or to intercept,
> interfere with or redirect email intended for third parties using the
> Service; (f) to introduce viruses, worms, harmful code and/or Trojan
> horses on the Internet; (g) to post information on newsgroups or
> community message boards which is not in the topic area or charter
> (e.g. off-topic posting) of the newsgroup or community message board;
> (h) to interfere with another person's usage or enjoyment of the
> Internet or this Service; (i) to post or transmit information or
> communications that are defamatory, fraudulent, obscene or deceptive,
> including but not limited to scams such as "make-money-fast" schemes
> or "pyramid/chain" letters; (j) to damage the name or reputation of
> Verizon, its parent, affiliates and subsidiaries, or any third
> parties; (k) to transmit confidential or proprietary information,
> except solely at your own risk; (l) to violate Verizon's or any third
> party's copyright, trademark, proprietary or other intellectual
> property rights, including trade secret rights; (m) to use more than
> one IP address obtained from Verizon; (n) to generate excessive
> amounts (as determined by Verizon in its sole discretion) of Internet
> traffic, or to disrupt net user groups or email use by others; (o) to
> engage in activities designed to or having the effect of degrading or
> denying Service to Verizon users or others (including activities that
> compromise a server, router, circuit, software or other Internet
> component; (p) to use any name or mark of Verizon, its parent,
> affiliates or subsidiaries, as a hypertext link to any Web site or in
> any advertising publicity or other commercial manner; (q) to use the
> Service to operate a server in a manner that interferes with the
> network or other users' use of the Service; (r) to use the Service or
> the Internet in a manner intended to threaten, harass, or intimidate;
> (s) to cause the screen to "scroll" faster than other subscribers or
> users are able to type to it, or any action that has a similar
> disruptive effect, on or through the Service; (t) to use the Service
> to disrupt the normal flow of online dialogue, (u) to use the Service
> to violate any operating rule, policy or guideline of any other online
> services provider or interactive service; (v) to attempt to subvert or
> to aid third parties to subvert, the security of any computer facility
> or system connected to the Internet; (w) to impersonate any Verizon
> employee or official or other person or use a false name while using
> the Service or implying an association with Verizon; (x) to install
> "auto-responders," "cancel-bots" or similar automated or manual
> routines which generate excessive amounts of net traffic, or disrupt
> net user groups or email use by others; (y) to make false or
> unverified complaints against any Verizon subscriber, or otherwise
> abusing any of Verizon's complaint response procedures; (z) to use
> software or any other device that would allow your account to stay
> logged on while you are not actively using the Service, unless you are
> a Broadband customer; (aa) to export software or any information in
> violation of US export laws; (bb) to use the Service in contravention
> of the limitations of the pricing plan you have chosen; (cc) for
> Broadband customers who use static IP address, to use an IP address
> other than the one assigned by Verizon; (dd) for customer who have
> been assigned a dynamic IP address to use such IP address to
> circumvent the changing of IP addresses assigned by the Service or
> (ee) to open connections to more than one Verizon Usenet news service
> at a time.
>
> Usenet Policy and Posting Restrictions: Usenet comprises a system of
> bulletin boards called newsgroups. Usenet access is provided to
> Internet access customers of Verizon through the Verizon network.
> Verizon Usenet may not be accessed via any other network. You may open
> no more than five simultaneous connections to newsgroups at any one
> time. You may not rapidly open and close or create connections for
> users other than yourself (our Subscriber). Verizon will carry
> newsgroups at their sole discretion. We also reserve the right in our
> sole discretion, with or without notice to you, to modify or restrict
> the bandwidth available to download content from our Usenet Newsgroup
> services. Requests to add a newsgroup, from any source, will be
> evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and added at Verizon sole
> discretion. You must familiarize yourself with the subjects and
> established guidelines and restrictions of any newsgroup in which you
> participate and we reserve the right, in our sole discretion to
> terminate your Service in the event you violate newsgroup guidelines
> or restrictions.
>
> RedForeman
> Interim Internet and Newsgroup Cop... hahaha!!!