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From: Bernie <bernie AT mbox302 DOT swipnet DOT se>
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Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 20:59:53 +0100
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David wrote:
>Ahhh yes and attached wav files are real killers for the deaf. But I'm
sending you one >anyway. Hope you enjoy it.

Let me quote from the rules for your ISP:

>Illegal Activity
>
>The use of the Services for any activity that violates any local, state,
federal
>or international law, order or regulation is a violation of this Policy. 
>
>Prohibited activities include, but are not limited to:
>
>Posting or disseminating material which is unlawful (such as child
>pornography or obscene material).
>
>Disseminating material which violates the copyright or other intellectual
>property rights of others. You assume all risks regarding the
determination of
>whether material is in the public domain.

Copyright violation? Hmm... Copying a song from a CD and sending it to
people on the InterNet, hmm... it kind of rings a little bell.

(snip)
>The Services may not be used to send unsolicited bulk or commercial
>messages. This includes, but is not limited to, bulk mailing of commercial
>advertising, informational announcements, charity requests, petitions for
>signatures and political or religious messages. Such messages may only be
>sent to those who have explicitly requested it.

Noone has requested that WAV (on list anyway).

(snip)
>"Mail bombing" is prohibited. That is, you may not send numerous copies of
>the same or substantially similar messages, nor may you send very large
>messages or files to a recipient with the intent to disrupt a server or
account.

1.3M Bytes is very large (and as Bjorn has pointed out it was larger to
actually download).
In case you are interested my mail server actually did go down around the
same time that your mail came. A coincidence? Perhaps, I haven't contacted
the mail server provider. (Which happens to be the biggest in the Nordic
countries BTW). You did send the file to us to disrupt our accounts (if
nothing else you wanted to disrupt Jims).

(snip)
>@Home does not routinely monitor the activity of accounts for violation of
this
>Policy. However, in our efforts to promote good citizenship within the
Internet
>community, we will respond appropriately if we become aware of
>inappropriate use of our Services.

So I'll tell you what I am going to do now (and I strongly suggest others
do this), I'm going to contact your ISP and ask them to close your account
since you have violated several of the rules.
For anyone else that's interested I suggest you mail abuse AT home DOT com and
file a complaint.

You can always claim that it was a misstake, but what does that help?
For instance what would the following help: "Your honor I didn't mean to
kill him when I aimed the gun at him and pulled the trigger, and I'm sorry.
Can I go now?"

And as you can see I am sending this to you directly as well - this is
since I'm assuming that you have been banned from the list.