The Beirut Mass Advertising Policy is intended as an informational guide indicating what
the network
response to policy infractions will be. In no way does this limit Beirut in its mission to
combat network
abuse, nor are we liable for any actions taken by web providers, Internet Service Providers,
or legal
entities based on our communications with them in response to network abuse.
Beirut prohibits, without limitation, the use of the host information of users or other
network or channel
user information to send unsolicited advertisements to users of Beirut. The Beirut Service
team works
hand-in-hand with the other KLine teams to achieve our goals regarding the lessening of Mass
Advertising
on Beirut.
Definition of Unsolicited/Mass Advertising.
Messaging users to join channels, visit web sites, go to other IRC networks, etc.
/invite -ing users to channels.
On-join messaging of users to join channels, visit web sites, or go to other IRC networks, also know as "autogreet".
Excessive use of /quit messages to advertise channels, web sites, IRC servers, scripts, etc.
Use of IRC commands such as CTCP to advertise or invite.
Unsolicited email to network mailing lists, the purpose of said email which is to advertise web sites, software, channels, other IRC networks, etc.
Network Response to Mass Advertising.
Beirut reserves the right to take any actions in response to violations of this Mass
Advertising Policy
which are lawful and which its administration deems appropriate. Here are the commonly used
methods of
combating network abuse:
Network kills (disconnection), or Gline (ban from network) of the abusive user.
Glines of masks commonly used by Mass Advertising scripts.
Masskicks, Freezes, and/or Closures of abusive
channels.
Services Ignores of abusive users.
Notification by email or phone of web providers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), or shell
providers.
Network Bans of Internet Service Providers who fail to meet their obligations regarding warning &/or
terminating abusive users.
Interaction with legal authorities in cases of abuse which violates the laws of the country in which
the server or user is located.
Obligations of Internet Service Providers, Web
Hosts, and
Shell Providers
Beirut regularly notifies ISPs, Web Hosts, and Shell Providers (hereafter
referred to as Providers) of abuse by their customers. In return, Beirut expects that these
Providers will
(within 3-5 days of receipt of abuse logs) enforce their respective Acceptable Use Policies
with
regard to these users. Typical Provider responses to customer abuse on Beirut are:
warning the user
& "flagging" the account, suspending the user's account, and termination of
the account. We also
expect that the Providers will notify us that action has been taken against the abusive
user. If
after several attempts to notify the Provider, Beirut determines that the Provider has not
taken action
against the abusive user(s), Beirut will take further network action against the Provider
itself.
Such actions include placing a wider ban on the regional Point of Presence or on the domain
itself. These
further actions taken by Beirut will then remain in effect until such time as the Provider
not only
contacts us and resolves the current abuse issues, but also makes arrangements to maintain
effective
communication with Beirut regarding any further abuse issues. Beirut reserves the right to
enforce this
policy at any time when we deem that the Provider has failed to meet their obligations to
us.
Please email the team that handles the problem you're having instead of one individual person.
The teams are as follows:
Services Abuse: Service at Beirut.com
GLine Team : GLine at Beirut.com
Netabuse Team : netabuse at Beirut.com
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