Clarify notes on RSS ban policy and procedures.

plugins/FAQSlashdot/faq/accounts.shtml

@@ -193,38 +193,43 @@ web browser rendering. <br>
   <p>Email <a href="mailto:banned@slashdot.org">banned@slashdot.org</a>. Make 
     sure to include the IP in question, and any other pertinent information. If 
     you are connecting through a proxy server, you might need to have your proxy 
-    server's admin contact us instead of you. <br>
+    server's admin contact us instead of you.<br>
     <br>
     <i><small> Answered by: <a href="mailto:malda@slashdot.org">CmdrTaco</a> <br>
     Last Modified: 3/26/02<br>
     </small></i>
 
 <a name="ac1050"></a> 
   <h2>My RSS Headline Reader Tells me I Was Banned!</h2>
-  <P>Due largely to the absolutely ridiculous amount of abuse we get on a daily
-  basis from poorly implemented headline readers, we were forced to implement a much
-  more liberal automated banning system on RSS/RDF headline reading applications.
-  Our policy is to allow one request every 30 minutes.  We'll allow a few more before
-  you will get banned, and we are more flexible still with proxy servers.  However
-  in many cases, we have no choice but to ban abuse.
-
-  <p>You have 2 options: First is to cease beating the crap out of our servers, and
-    just wait a few days/hours.  Depending on the severity of the abuse, you should be
-    back in a matter of hours.  If, after 72 hours, you are still banned, please
-    Email <a href="mailto:banned@slashdot.org">banned@slashdot.org</a> and ask
-    for help.  Make sure to include the IP, approximate time of ban and so forth.
-
-   <P>If 
-    you are connecting through a proxy server, you might need to have your proxy 
-    server's admin contact us instead of you. <br>
+  <P>Due largely to the absolutely ridiculous amount of abuse we get on
+    a daily basis from poorly implemented headline readers, we were
+    forced to implement a much more liberal automated banning system
+    on RSS/RDF headline reading applications.  Our policy is to allow
+    one request every 30 minutes.  We'll allow a few more before you
+    will get banned, and we are more flexible still with proxy servers.
+    However, in many cases, we have no choice but to ban abuse.
+
+  <p>You should still be able to access the rest of the website, just not
+    the <tt>.rss</tt>, <tt>.rdf</tt>, and <tt>.xml</tt> pages.
+
+  <p>You have 2 options: First is to stop beating the crap out of our
+    servers, and just wait a few days/hours.  Depending on the
+    severity of the abuse, you should be back in a couple of days.
+    If, after 72 hours, you are still banned, please Email <a
+    href="mailto:banned@slashdot.org">banned@slashdot.org</a> and ask
+    for help. Please include the approximate time of the ban, the MD5
+    that the ban message told you to tell us, and what <em>you</em>
+    think your IP number is.
+
+  <P>If you have reason to believe you're connecting through a proxy
+    server, please mention that too -- and you might need to have your
+    proxy server's admin contact us instead of you.<br>
     <br>
     <i><small> Answered by: <a href="mailto:malda@slashdot.org">CmdrTaco</a> <br>
-    Last Modified: 3/31/03<br>
-
-
-
+    Last Modified: 4/05/03<br>
+    </small></i>
 
-    </small></i> <a name="ac1100"></a>
+<a name="ac1100"></a>
     <h2>Why is someone else's User Name appearing on my User Page's Menu?</h2>
     <p>This is not a bug.  This is a feature!  That name is the last user page
     (besides your own ;) that you have visited.  This is useful when you