I'm sure you're right guys, it's just that I take exception to having my 
REPLIES bounced when quoting someone else.  The message did 
make it to the list so it's someone else's lame filter to blame and I hope 
I've brought it to their attention.  'Nuff said.  They'd do better filtering out 
crap like 

     From: "M ic ro so ft Co rpo rat ion Sec urity Cen ter" 
     To: "M ic ro so ft Cu sto mer" 
     Subject: Internet Security Update

that's arriving in boatloads these days.

On 31 Mar 2002, at 9:53, Thomas Rumley said

> You said the p-o-r-n word would be my bet.
> Tom Rumley

On 31 Mar 2002, at 21:10, Bert said

> G'day
> 
> The System Attendant is obviously someone at vartec.net (given the
> email address).  Could be the ISP for a subscriber to the list.
> 
> Sounds like they have a filter that blocks messages with certain
> keywords in it.  Just like I bounce certain messages that are a
> nuisance.  Like daily advertisements for certain tablets which have
> a name that sounds a bit like the waterfalls between Canada and the
> US.
> 
> These filters are usually set up by ISP's to protect children from
> objectionable/sensitive content or it may be set up by employers to
> stop their employees from getting inappropriate emails at work.
> 
> I'd say it picked up on the "p" word in the email.  The one ending
> in "orn". Perhaps coupled with some of the other words used by
> "webguroo", which you quoted in your email, it was just too much for
> this particular filter. Filters are dumb - they can't read words in
> context.
> 
> Regards


Best regards,
Paul Witheridge
Systems Success
ssuccess(at)ebtech.net                  

 I'm not illiterate!  My parents were TOO married!

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