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An easy target: really stupid software that "filters" mail (read: blocks it for idiotic reasons). I just got a call from my dad asking me if I knew why a mail he sent to someone had been returned as blocked. I got him to forward me the error message. Here it is: -------- From: postmaster@xxxx.xxx.xx To: [ my dad ]@yahoo.com Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 11:50:06 +0160 (BST) Subject: From: [ my dad ]@yahoo.com Your Message has not been delivered because of LVSC's content policy. Details: - Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 03:50:04 -0800 (PST) Subject: Sender: [ my dad ]@yahoo.com Recipient(s): [ someone ]@lvsc.org.uk Scenario: Scenarios/Incoming/Block Profanity: The operation completed successfully. Text Analysis Results This report describes the search expressions found in this message. Scenarios/Incoming/Block Profanity found the following search expressions in '0.0.0': * The phrase 'britney spears' was found at the location(s): 4. -------- I would be amused that the software has reclassified the Pop Princess as being obscene, were it not for the fact that it's resulted in my dad's mail being rejected. The thing he didn't understand was that he didn't actually mention her in the original mail, which he sent to me too. It took one glance at it to work out why. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ That's right - Yahoo! Mail's software inserted Britney into my dad's mail as an advert at the bottom, and imbecilic software at the other end rejected it because of that. Fucking dimwits. Yes, lvsc.org.uk, I'm looking at you! -- Earle Martin hex on irc.perl.org http://purl.oclc.org/net/earlemartin/
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