PC-Net - User Policy and Guidelines


    Your participation in PC-Net means  you have read, understand, and do 
    agree to abide by all policies and guidelines of PC-Net below, and to 
    hold harmless  the PC-Net,  the PC-Net admimistrator,  PC-Net message 
    conferences  moderators, and  PC-Net member bulletin boards  for  any 
    claims brought by  any person(s) and/or  yourself for your or another 
    person(s) participation in PC-Net.


    1. The PC-Net is  "dedicated"  to the use and users of IBM compatible
       personal computers.  The PC-Net is message network for persons who 
       treat others  in a fair and respectable manner.   Below, are a few 
       rules all users of PC-Net are expected to follow.
         
       A. Aliases are NOT allowed.   No conference of PC-Net  is to allow
          the use of aliases.  Real names only!

       B. Extreme profanity is NOT allowed on PC-Net.  Some words such as
          "hell", "damn", etc. are not considered  extreme profanity, but 
          are NOT be used  in a manner  that they  could be considered to 
          be offensive by some users.

       C. NO flaming, etc.   Opinions are to be just that, and are NOT to
          develope into an argument between individuals about themselves,
          others, services, or products, etc. 
         
       D. References, (directly  or  indirectly), to "adult" material and 
          sexually oriented material are NOT allowed.

       E. NO illegal activity, or  the promotion of  any illegal activity
          is allowed.
    
       F. Message Privacy and Security
         
          1. PC-Net maintains the capability & capacity to send & receive    
             messages that are "Receiver-Only" or "Private".  Messages so
             flagged  are  not  to be considered  by any  user  to  be as 
             actually "private" messages.   The purpose of the "Receiver-
             Only" and the "Private"  flags are intended  only to provide 
             a means to limit the possible number of users  that may have 
             access to the messages for display purposes.
 
          3. Therefore, pursuant to the Electronic Communications Privacy
             Act of 1986, 18 USC 2510 et. seq.,  users who do participate
             within  PC-Net  must be aware  that there are no  facilities  
             provided  by PC-Net  for  sending  or receiving confidential 
             electronic communications.

          4. All messages  posted in relayed conferences are deemed to be 
             public.  All hubs and nodes  shall deem  all messages posted 
             within PC-Net's conferences to be readily accessible  to the 
             general public at all times.  If any person  posts a message 
             within any  PC-Net  conference, his/her  acceptance  of this  
             policy is heretofore implied.
 
          5. PC-Net and all member  hubs and nodes  assume  absolutely no
             accountability or liability whatsoever for any violations of 
             this policy by any and all users of PC-Net.
    
    2. Any user, who in  the opinion  of a  conference  moderator, and/or
       the PC-Net administrator  that is acting  in such a manner that is 
       deemed detrimental  to the  moderator's conference  will be issued 
       a warning by  the conference moderator, and/or  the  administrator
       to cease such actions.  If the user does not abide by the warning, 
       the user will be suspended from posting on PC-Net for 30 days.  If
       the user  does not  comply  with the  30 day suspension, then  the 
       user will be permanently banned  from posting on the PC-Net in the 
       future.  If a user believes  he is being  treated unfairly  by the 
       conference's moderator, he may  appeal any  actions  taken by  the 
       moderator to the PC-Net administrator in the PC-Net Administration
       the message conference.   The decision of the PC-Net administrator
       is final.