(a) Posting a single article or substantially similar articles to an excessive number of newsgroups (i.e., more than 20) or continued posting of articles which are off-topic (e.g., off-topic according to the newsgroup charter or the article provokes complaints from the regular readers of the newsgroup for being off-topic).
(b) Sending unsolicited mass emailings (i.e., to more than 25 users) which provoke complaints from the recipients.
(c) Engaging in either (a) or (b) from a provider other than Data Management Group, Inc. and using an account on Data Management Group, Inc. as a mail drop for responses, or to draw attention to a web site housed within Data Management Group, Inc.'s networks.
(d) Continued harassment of other individuals on the Internet after being asked to stop by those individuals and by Data Management Group, Inc..
(e) Mail bombing, i.e., sending large volumes of unsolicited e-mail to individuals or to individual business accounts.
(f) Impersonating another user or otherwise falsifying one's user name in email, Usenet postings, on Internet Relay Chat (IRC), or with any other Internet service. (This does not preclude the use of nicknames in IRC or the use of anonymous remailer services.)
(g) Privacy violations: Attempts, whether successful or not, to gain access to any other system or users' private data without express consent of the user.
(h) Use of IRC bots or clonebots on Data Management Group, Inc., whether on IRC servers controlled by Data Management Group, Inc. or by other parties. An IRC bot is a program which runs and is connected to an IRC server 24 hours a day, automatically performing certain actions.
(i) Network unfriendly activity: Attempts to interfere with the regular workings of Data Management Group, Inc.'s systems or network connections or which adversely affect the ability of other people or systems to use Data Management Group, Inc. services or the Internet, including, but not limited to: