User Agreement
KnopNet.Com provides web hosting to numerous clients which means that we
have a responsibility to protect each client and to provide the best
services available. The following guidelines were established to
ensure these crucial obligations are met.
These Policies, Guidelines, and Disclaimer are intended for all
domains residing on KnopNet.Com servers.
UNACCEPTABLE ACTIVITIES:
These include spamming (sending unsolicited advertising to those with
which the customer has no existing business relationship, posting
off-topic advertising in newsgroups); spoofing (using a return email
address which is not the valid reply address of the sender or sending
an email message which does not contain enough information to enable
the recipient to identify the party who is really sending the message;
passive spamming (promoting a web site hosted by KnopNet.Com by
spamming from some other source), trolling (posting controversial
messages in newsgroups to generate responses), mailbombing (inundating
a user with email without any serious intent to correspond),
generating a higher volume of outgoing mail than a normal user (20% or
more of available system resources), and subscribing someone else to
an electronic mailing list without that person's permission. A message
is considered unsolicited if it is posted in violation of a newsgroup
charter or sent to a recipient who has not requested the message.
Making an email address available to the public does not constitute a
request to receive messages. Distribution of mass emailing programs is
also prohibited. All recipients on a mailing list must have personally
subscribed. Mailing lists may not be used to distributed unsolicited
email. Any customer repeatedly "mailbombed" or that attracts
such behavior will be asked to leave. If you are not sure if your
actions will be in violation, please ask first
support@knopnet.com
. We also do not allow sites selling spamware.
Age. The client must be 18 years of age to obtain our service.
Abuse of the legal rights of others:
Examples of unacceptable activities in this regard include posting
private information about a person without their consent, infringing
intellectual property rights, defaming a person or business, and
knowingly making available code which will have a deleterious effect
on third party computers. KnopNet.Com supports free speech on the
Internet, and will not suspend or cancel a customer’s account simply
because it disagrees with the views expressed by the customer. Where
there are allegations that a customer’s on-line activity has
violated the legal rights of a third party, KnopNet.Com will not
substitute itself for a court of law in deciding tort claims raised by
the third party.
Abuse of the law:
KnopNet.Com’s services may be used for lawful purposes only.
Illegality includes but is not limited to: drug dealing; attempting
without authorization to access a computer system; pirating
(distributing copyrighted material in violation of copyright law,
specifically MP3s, MPEG's, ROMs, and ROM emulators); gambling; schemes
to defraud; trafficking in obscene material; sending a message or
having content that is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent
with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass another person;
threatening bodily harm or damage to individuals or groups; violating
U.S. export restrictions; stalking; or violating other state or
federal law such as the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the
Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, or the Economic Espionage Act. Linking
to illegal material is also prohibited. KnopNet.Com reserves the
right to check system files, email, and other data on our servers for
illegal content and materials, or for any other reasons deemed
necessary.
Pornography:
Pornography and sex-related merchandising, or links to such material,
even if legal, is not an acceptable use of KnopNet.Com’s servers.
Abuse of KnopNet.Com's Server Resources:
Running programs in the background on a KnopNet.Com’s server
without KnopNet.Com’s prior written authorization, or running
chat rooms, Internet Relay Chat, IRC bots, and the like are not
acceptable uses of KnopNet.Com’s servers. Further, any usage of
twenty percent (20%) or more of our system resources is an undue
burden on our system and is unacceptable. If your usage ever exceeds
twenty percent (20%) of system resources, you will be contacted and
asked to eliminate the problem. In addition, any domain that exceeds
ten gigabytes of bandwidth traffic can be terminated without
prior notice.
Hacking/Cracking:
KnopNet.Com reserves the right to report illegal activities to any
and all regulatory, administrative, and/or governmental authorities
for prosecution.
OTHER BEHAVIOR:
The following examples of unacceptable behavior are non-exclusive, and
are provided for guidance purposes. If you are unsure if your actions
will be a violation of our policies please ask
support@KnopNet.com
Server broadcast messages or any message sent on an intrusive basis to
any directly or indirectly attached network Attempt to circumvent any
user authentication or security of host, network, or account.
Accessing data not intended for user. Probing the security of any
network. Spawning dozens of processes. Port scans, ping floods, packet
spoofing, forging router information, Denial of Service attacks,
sniffers, flooding, spoofing, ping bombing, smurfs, winnuke, land,
teardrop. Promulgation of viruses. IRC bots such as eggdrop or BitchX.
Any activity, whether or not the intrusion results in the corruption
or loss of data, will be investigated and proper action taken. The
presence of any of these programs, whether or not run, will result in
action against the user including suspension or termination.
CLIENT RESPONSIBILITY:
The client is responsible for all activity originating from the
account unless proven to be a victim of outside hacking or address
forgery. The client is responsible for securing their
username/password. Use of KnopNet.Com's service requires a certain
level of knowledge in the use of Internet languages, protocols, and
software. This level of knowledge varies depending on the anticipated
use and desired content of the web space by the client. The following
examples are offered: Web Publishing: requires knowledge of HTML,
properly locating and linking documents, FTPing Web contents,
Graphics, text, sound, image mapping, etc. FrontPage web publishing:
knowledge of the FrontPage tools as well as Telnet and FTP
understanding and capability. CGI-Scripts: requires a knowledge of the
UNIX environment, TAR & GUNZIP commands, Perl, CShell scripts,
permissions, etc. Mail: a use of mail clients to receive and send
mail, etc. The client agrees that he or she has the necessary
knowledge to create and maintain their web space. Client agrees that
it is not the responsibility of KnopNet.Com to provide this
knowledge or support outside matter specific to KnopNet.Com's
servers.
BACKUPS:
Full backups are made weekly, and backups of new/changed data made
nightly. No guarantees are made of any kind, either expressed or
implies, as to the integrity of these backups. Backups are made for
server restoration purposes only. It is the clients’ responsibility
to maintain local copies of their web content any information. If loss
of data occurs due to an error of KnopNet.Com, KnopNet.Com will
attempt to recover the data for no charge to the client. If data loss
occurs due to negligence of client in securing their account or by an
action of the client, KnopNet.Com will attempt to recover the data
from the most recent archive for a $50.00 fee.
IP NUMBERS:
KnopNet.Com maintains control and any ownership of any and all I.P.
numbers and addresses that may be assigned to the client and reserves
in its sole discretion the right to change or remove any and all IP
numbers and addresses.
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE:
Should you become unsatisfied with our services within the first 30 days of
your account activation,KnopNet.Com will refund your hosting fee.
KnopNet.Com does not refund fees which you have paid to your registrar, i.e.GoDaddy, etc.
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY:
KnopNet.Com shall not be responsible for any claimed damages,
including incidental and consequential damages, which may arise from
KnopNet.Com’s servers going off-line or being unavailable for any
reason whatsoever. Further, KnopNet.Com shall not be responsible
for any claimed damages, including incidental or consequential
damages, resulting from the corruption or deletion of any web site
from one of KnopNet.Com’s servers. All damages shall be limited
to the immediate termination of service.
KnopNet.Com shall be the sole arbiter of what is and is not a
violation of these acceptable use policies. KnopNet.Com reserves
the right to terminate an account at any time and for any reason that
causes harm to any KnopNet.Com customer's web sites. KnopNet.Com
reserves the right to delete all content and files upon termination.
KnopNet.Com reserves the right to withhold any pre-paid funds for
any site removed for violations of these policies. KnopNet.Com
reserves the right to refuse, cancel, or suspend service at our sole
discretion.
KnopNet.com reserves the right to change these Policies without
prior notice or warning. Non-enforcement of any part of these Policies
does not constitute consent.
Violations of these Policies should be referred to
support@KnopNet.com
All complaints will be investigated promptly.
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