
IP bans will be reconsidered on a case-by-case basis if you were running a bot and did not understand the consequences, but typically not for spamming, hacking, or other abuse. If you are responsible for one of the above issues. Having an excessive number of banned accounts in a very short timeframe.Running a web bot/spider that downloaded a very large number of pages - more than could possibly justified as "personal use".Automated spam (advertising) or intrustion attempts (hacking).Reducing standards can trigger a downward cycle, Steidler said, lamenting that "mail delivery will be slower than in the 1970s." (Read more US Postal Service stories.Your current IP address has been blocked due to bad behavior, which generally means one of the following: "Reducing service will only discourage use of the US Mail, which is not a formula for long-term financial health and stability," said Christopher Shaw, who just wrote First Class: The US Postal Service, Democracy and the Corporate Threat.

The changes, also intended to accommodate the shift from moving letters to packages, could cause people to lose faith in the system. One senator said he was concerned about the effects on people who rely on the mail "for prescription drugs, financial documents, running their small businesses and more." The scheme was opposed by 21 state attorneys general. People who live in rural areas could be waiting for checks, bills, and other important mail, and the elderly and disabled could have trouble dealing with the changes.

"It's the least fortunate who will be hurt hardest by this," said Paul Steidler, a senior fellow at the Lexington Institute who tracks the Postal Service. A spokeswoman said the change mostly will affect mail going far first-class delivery in a local area is supposed to stay at two days, per CNN.
