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(a) for any unlawful, improper or criminal purpose or activity;
(b) to post or transmit information or communications that, whether explicitly stated, implied, or suggested through the 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 attempt to access or access the accounts of others, to spoof or attempt to spoof the URL, DNS address, or IP address of SMT or any other entity or person, or to attempt to penetrate or penetrate security measures of SMT WEB or other entities’ systems (“hacking” whether or not the intrusion results in corruption or loss of data;
(d) to bombard individuals or newsgroups 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 e-mails (for example, spamming) or to intercept, interfere with or to redirect e-mail intended for third parties using the Services;
(f) to introduce viruses, worms, harmful code and Trojan horses on the Internet;
(g) to post information on newsgroups which is not in the topic area of the newsgroup;
(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 SMT, 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 SMT 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 without the knowledge and consent of SMT;
(n) to generate excessive amounts (as determined by SMT in its sole discretion) of Internet traffic, or to disrupt net user groups or e-mail use by others;
(o) to engage in activities designed to or having the effect of degrading or denying service to SMT users or others (including activities that compromise a server, router, circuit or Software;
(p) to use any name or mark of SMT, 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 your SMT account to operate a server of any type other than with the knowledge and consent of SMT;
(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 can 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 person or using a false name while using the Service;
(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 e-mail use by others;
(y) to make false or unverified complaints against any SMT subscriber, or otherwise abusing any of SMT 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
(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 DSL customers who use static IP, such customers must only use their assigned IP address; or
(dd) to open more than three simultaneous connections to newsgroups at any one time or to rapidly open and close or create connections for users other than yourself (our subscriber).

4. Copyright Infringement/Repeat Infringer Policy. SMT respects the intellectual property rights of third parties, including those granted under the US copyright laws, and the interests of its subscribers and content providers on the Internet. You may not store material on, or disseminate material over, SMT’ systems or servers in any manner that constitutes an infringement of third party intellectual property rights, including rights granted under the US copyright laws. Following the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and other applicable law, it is the policy of SMT to terminate, in appropriate circumstances, the Service provided to any subscriber or account holder who is deemed to infringe third party intellectual property rights, including repeat infringers. Appropriate circumstances may exist where (i) a subscriber or account holder has been found by a court of competent jurisdiction to have infringed the copyrights of a third party on two or more occasions, i.e., a repeat infringer, (ii) where a valid, effective and uncontested notice has been provided to SMT alleging facts which are a violation by the subscriber or account holder of SMT Copyright Policy prohibiting infringing activity involving SMT systems or servers, or (iii) in other cases of repeated flagrant abuse of access to the Internet (e.g., willful commercial piracy or malicious attempts to destroy the value of copyrighted works). Besides, SMT expressly reserves the right to terminate or suspend the service of any subscriber or account holder if SMT, in its sole judgment, believes that circumstances relating to the infringement of third party intellectual property rights warrant such action. These policies are in addition to and do not affect or modify any other rights SMT may have under law or contract.

5. You shall comply with all applicable local, state, national and international laws and regulations, including those related to data privacy, international communications, and exportation of technical or personal data. You represent that you are not a specifically designated individual or entity under any US embargo or otherwise the subject, either directly or indirectly (by affiliation, or any other connection with another party) to any order issued by any agency of the US Government limiting, barring, revoking or denying, in whole or in part your US export privileges. You agree to notify SMT if you become subject to any such order.

6. You shall not delete any proprietary designations, legal notices, or other identifiers belonging to third parties from any information obtained or sent using the Services. You shall not impersonate any person or use a false name while using the Services. You agree to obtain all required permissions if you use the Service to receive, upload, download, display, distribute, or execute Software or perform other works protected by intellectual property laws including copyright, trademark, trade secret, and patent laws. You agree to cooperate with SMT and provide requested information in connection with all security and use matters. You agree to promptly notify SMT if you suspect unauthorized use of the Service or your UserID. You remain liable for unauthorized use until your notification to SMT. You agree that your name, UserID, and other identifying information may be placed in our user directory.

7. SMT reserves the right to cooperate with legal authorities and injured third parties in the investigation of any suspected crime or civil wrong.

8. SMT reserves the right but shall be under no obligation, to monitor your compliance, or the compliance of other subscribers, with the terms, conditions or policies of this Agreement.