2a. Who is responsible for this FAQ?

  WD Baseley. Use emailfaq@aol.com to contact the author about this
  document.

  NOTE: This document and its author are not associtated with AOL
        in any official capacity whatever.

  Much of this information has been gleaned from AUP's, posts, and 
  suggestions from others.  The author, while attempting to be as 
  accurate as possible, cannot vouch for the veracity of everything in
  this document.  Please feel free to contact the author with 
  corrections and suggested additions.



2b. What is the purpose of this FAQ?  

  This FAQ is about abuse *of* email, such as mailbombs, unsolicited 
  commercial email and unsolicited bulk email. It is not about abuse 
  *using* email, such as harassment or other forms of abuse carried on 
  using e-mail or other forms of electronic communication.  It should
  be  regarded as a work-in-progress;  contact the current maintainer 
  of this FAQ for an up-to-date copy.


2c. When was this FAQ last updated?

  June 25, 1998


2d. Where can I get it?

  This FAQ will be posted to news.admin.net-abuse.email, news.answers,
  and other newsgroups, once per week.
  The latest version is always available at:
    <http://members.aol.com/emailfaq/emailfaq.html>
    <ftp://members.aol.com/emailfaq/emailfaq.txt>


2e. Credits & Contributors

  The Gentleman, the writers and maintainers of the Net Abuse FAQ, 
  Arthur Wouk, Deon Ramsey, Denis McKeon, lucifer, Myles Williams, 
  Rahul Dhesi, Johann E. Beda, Barry Twycross, Julian Byrne, Liz Knuth,
  Zoli Fekete, John Nagle, various and sundry folk who have discussed, 
  harangued, badgered, cajoled and otherwise assisted in coming to a 
  consensus regarding various points, and countless others whom the 
  author has doubtless forgotten to mention.