ARACHSYS INTERNET SERVICES LTD
SHELL ACCOUNT ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY

1. In what follows, "we" or "us" refers to Arachsys Internet Services Ltd
and "you" refers to the individual(s) or organisation(s) purchasing and
using the account. In addition, "your users" refers to any third parties to
whom you grant access to services running within or associated with your
shell account.

2. The total space taken up by files in your account on our server
(including web sites, mail boxes and databases) must not exceed the storage
allowance of the account you have purchased.  If you find you need
additional space, please ask us about increasing the size of your account.
If you exceed the space limit, we reserve the right to request that you
immediately remove files until you return within the allocated quota.

3. During any calendar month, the total amount of data transferred to and
from services running in or associated with your account (including web, ftp
and mail traffic) must not exceed the transfer allowance of the account you
have purchased. If you are likely to require additional bandwidth, please
ask us about increasing the size of your account. We reserve the right to
charge for bandwidth use above that included in you shell account package.

4. You must receive and read all messages sent to the aliases 'postmaster'
and 'abuse' in every mail domain you host on our servers. We recommend you
also configure the aliases 'hostmaster' and 'webmaster' in every mail
domain.

5. You must ensure that any services (including CGI scripts) that you or
your users make publicly executable on our web server do not compromise the
security of our system in any way, including (but not limited to) allowing
access to a shell prompt or other users' files.

6. Neither you nor your users may attempt to use our systems to adversely
affect any other Internet host. This prohibition includes such activities as
attempting to bypass their security mechanisms, deliberately subjecting them
to excessive load, or other denial of service attacks.

7. You are responsible for the content of your web sites and mail messages
you send, including obtaining the legal permission for any works they
include and ensuring that the content does not violate English law.  You
accept responsibility for any defamatory, confidential, secret or
proprietary material made available through web sites hosted in your
account, or transmitted by electronic mail through our systems by you or
your users.

8. You may not advertise any of your web sites, nor cause another person to
advertise them, by techniques that would be classified as abuse if they were
carried out from an Arachsys account. This includes, but is not limited to,
the sending of unsolicited bulk/commercial mail, or excessive posting on
news groups or web forums. Such action will be treated as a violation of
this Acceptable Use Policy even where our systems were not involved in the
abuse.

9. The root page (typically index.html) of web sites hosted on our servers
must not contain anything liable to offend. A clear warning must always be
displayed next to any links to material that may be considered offensive.

10. We may require that web sites or CGI scripts which, in our opinion, put
an excessive load on our system be modified or moved to another server.

11. We reserve the right to remove from your account any material which
breaches this policy, or to require you to remove it immediately, without
further explanation or prior notice.

12. All use of our mail server (including arranging for replies to a message
to be sent to an address hosted by us, even though that message may not
originate in our system) must comply with this Acceptable Use Policy. We
will take action against anyone using our facilities in breach of these
rules. If you issue email addresses hosted through our system to third
parties, you first must ensure they agree to abide by the terms of this
agreement.

13. The sending of chain letters, pyramid-sales schemes and unsolicited
bulk/commercial email; forging headers or addresses; "mail bombing" and
inappropriate use of mailing lists (such as subscribing someone without
their permission) are strictly forbidden. In addition, you must not send any
material which is illegal to possess or transmit over a public
telecommunications network.

14. Should we consider it necessary, we reserve the right to make a public
announcement regarding breaches of this policy and including disclosure of
the offender's identity.

15. We reserve the right to vary this Acceptable Use Policy at our sole
discretion at any time and without prior notice.

16. Any decision made by us in relation to this Acceptable Use Policy or the
technical provision of our shell account services shall be final.