1. Bulk Mailing (Spam)
Crusoe Communications does not allow any form of bulk mailing by its customers.  Bulk Mail, commonly known as Spam, UCE or UBE, causes enormous problems for system administrators across the Internet.  The ban on Bulk Mail is not limited to Crusoe's Mail Servers.  Any attempt by Subscribers to send Bulk mail by Relay or "Hijacking" any other mail server will result in immediate termination.  It is Crusoe's policy to cooperate fully in the prosecution of illegal mail relaying.

2. Harassment
No Subscriber may use Crusoe systems to harass or threaten any other subscribers or users of the Internet.

3. News (USENET) Abuse
Similar to Bulk Mailing, News Abuse includes forging of addresses, harassment or threats, the posting of the same message to multiple news groups (spamming), as well as the posting of information in groups where it is not relevant and unwanted.

4. Background Applications/Servers
Shell or Dial-up users may only utilize Crusoe system resources while online.  No background processes, including but not limited to, IRC servers, HTTP servers, Bots, or offline compilers are permitted.

5. Flooding or Abuse of Other Users
Flooding is a fairly common occurrence on the Internet, and one which is dealt with strictly at Crusoe. Flooding takes place in numerous ways, including but not limited to ICMP flooding, mail bombing (sending large amounts of e-mail repeatedly to a person for purposes of harassment), mass mailings to multiple addressees, msg/CTCP flooding on IRC, as well as other, less common methods.

6. Attempts to compromise system and/or network security
Programs such as packet sniffers, password crack programs, and similar utilities found to be running from a user’s account are prohibited. This also includes attempts to hack into non-Crusoe systems.

7. Sharing of Accounts
Sharing of a user’s account with another party for purposes of avoiding payment for a second account is strictly prohibited.

8. Attempts to Bypass Resource Usage Limitations
In order to provide fair service to all Crusoe users, Crusoe has implemented certain resource limitations; the two most common are disk quotas on the servers, and idle time-outs on dial-ups. Attempts to bypass disk usage quotas by any means may result in immediate loss of system privileges. Attempts to bypass the idle time-outs are also prohibited. The current idle time-out limit is 15 minutes.

9. Excessive Use of System Resources
This segment can be broken down into two different parts, system and dial-up. For system purposes, this can be defined as the continued use of programs or commands which use a large amount of system resources -- processor time, network bandwidth, and/or drive space -- on the host system. For dial-up purposes, this primarily prohibits the continued usage of a dial-up port to simulate a dedicated connection for the user’s system. Dial-up accounts are designed to provide on-demand access for Subscribers, not dedicated connections. If a dedicated connection is desired, the Subscriber needs to speak with Crusoe's Sales department.

The preceding guidelines are an addendum to the Terms and Conditions defined for each of Crusoe's services.  In the event of a contradiction between the Terms and Conditions and the Acceptable Use Policy, the Terms and Conditions will be considered to be the final authority.