<html><head><base href="x-msg://205/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div></div></div></div></span></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div>Joe - </div><div> </div><div> First, you are mistaken, in that actions enforcing the AUP may be taken </div><div> at any time and no notice is required before or after. At all times, ARIN </div><div> reserves the right to maintain order and decorum on the mailing lists it </div><div> manages, and your messages were being held awaiting review of the</div><div> complaints.</div><div><br></div><div> Second, the use of "Not Doctor X" is likely to be considered a fictitious</div><div> name by many, but I'll leave that to the AUP committee to judge. </div><div><br></div><div> You've been provided contact information for AUP Committee; free free</div><div> to contact them, but in any case immediately cease posting to ARIN PPML</div><div> (under any and all aliases) until informed otherwise.</div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>/John</div><div><br></div><div>John Curran</div><div>President and CEO</div><div>ARIN</div><div><br></div><div>On Jan 16, 2010, at 12:15 PM, Not Doctor X wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Dear Mr. Curran:<br><br>Thank you for the clarification. However I have received no notice from the AUP committee and it is my understanding my posting privileges can only be suspended once notice is made.<br><br>I would also like an opportunity to respond to the complaint and would request that any complaints be provided to me.<br><br>Next I did not post using a fictitious name. I made very clear I was the one posting. There was no attempt to defraud or deceive nor have I in any way violated the AUP.<br><br>You have also suspended my posting privileges without notice and this suspension causes me the injured party in this further damage. This time by ARIN itself.<br><br>regards<br>joe baptista<br></div></div></div></span></blockquote></div></div></span></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>