Acceptable use policy

System abuse is strictly prohibited. Teesdale Online may terminate or modify service immediately and may bill for any resulting support charges if the client engages in system abuse.

Following is a list of actions which are defined to be system abuse. This list is non-exclusive; any action about which there is any doubt should be referred to Teesdale Online for evaluation.

Teesdale Online reserves the right at all times to prohibit activities that damage its commercial reputation and goodwill.

Actions which constitute system abuse include, but are not limited to:

• attempting to circumvent user authentication or security of any host, network, or account on Teesdale Online or the Internet at large ("cracking");
  
• attempting, in any way, to interfere with or deny service to any user or any host on the Internet;
  
• the creation or transmission (other than for properly supervised and lawful research purposes) of any offensive, obscene or indecent images, data or other material or data capable of being resolved into obscene or indecent images or material.
  
• illegal activity including criminal and civil violations of national and international laws, regulations and government requirements. such violations include theft or infringement of copyrights, trademarks, trade secrets, or other types of intellectual property; fraud; forgery; theft or misappropriation of funds, credit cards, or personal information; and threats of physical harm or harassment
  
• forging email or  posting header information;
  
• sending large numbers of unsolicited mail messages (i.e. "junk mail"); this includes adding or attempting to add addresses to any mailing list without explicit positive consent of the addressee.
  
• forwarding or posting "chain letters" (multiple forwarding) of any type;
  
• posting inappropriate messages to  newsgroups e.g., posting large numbers of unsolicited posts indiscriminately ("spamming"), or posting encoded binary files to newsgroups not specifically named for that purpose;
  
• attempting to cancel, supersede, or otherwise interfere with email or posts other than one's own;
  
• engaging in harassment, whether through language, frequency, or size of messages;
  
• using an account at Teesdale Online or another provider to promote a Web site hosted by Teesdale Online in an abusive manner;
  
• using a Teesdale Online account or network connection to collect replies to messages sent from another provider which violate these rules or those of that provider;
  
• reselling Teesdale Online services to third parties who do not abide by these guidelines.