Any unsolicited bulk and/or commercial e-mail, considered spamming. Spamming not only affects the industry's attitude toward MeanMan.com but also disrupts the service of other MeanMan.com customers. MeanMan.com may, at its discretion, suspend or cancel your account for spamming.

Intellectual Property Violations

Infringing or misappropriating the intellectual property rights of others, including copyrights, trademarks, service marks, trade secrets, software piracy, and patents held by individuals, corporations, or other entities. Also, violating privacy, publicity, or other personal rights of others. MeanMan.com is required by law to remove or block access to customer content upon receipt of a proper notice of copyright infringement. It is also MeanMan.com's policy to terminate the privileges of customers who commit repeat violations of copyright laws.

Obscene Material

Using MeanMan.com's network to advertise, transmit, store, post, display, or otherwise make available child pornography or obscene speech or material. MeanMan.com is required by law to notify law enforcement agencies when it becomes aware of the presence of child pornography on or being transmitted through MeanMan.com's network.

Defamatory or Abusive Language

Using MeanMan.com's network as a means to transmit or post defamatory, harassing, abusive, or threatening language.

Forging of Headers

Forging or misrepresenting message headers, whether in whole or in part, to mask the originator of the message.

Illegal or Unauthorized Access to Other Computers or Networks

Accessing illegally or without authorization computers, accounts, or networks belonging to another party, or attempting to penetrate security measures of another individual's system (often known as "cracking"). Also, any activity that might be used as a precursor to an attempted system penetration (i.e. port scan, stealth scan, or other information gathering activity).

Distribution of Internet Viruses, Worms, Trojan Horses, or Other Destructive Activities

Distributing information regarding the creation of and sending Internet viruses, worms, Trojan horses, pinging, flooding, mailbombing, or denial of service attacks. Also, activities that disrupt the use of or interfere with the ability of others to effectively use the network or any connected network, system, service, or equipment.

Facilitating a Violation of this Acceptable Use Policy

Advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available any software, program, product, or service that is designed to violate this AUP, which includes the facilitation of the means to spam, initiation of pinging, flooding, mailbombing, denial of service attacks, and piracy of software.

Export Control Violations

Exporting encryption software over the Internet or otherwise, to points outside the United States.

Other Illegal Activities

Engaging in activities that are determined to be illegal, including advertising, transmitting, or otherwise making available ponzi schemes, pyramid schemes, fraudulently charging credit cards, and pirating software.

Other Activities

Engaging in activities, whether lawful or unlawful, that MeanMan.com determines to be harmful to its subscribers, operations, reputation, goodwill, or customer relations.