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Originally posted by "rc_pinchey"...
A friend of mine recently started a new job, and we were having a conversation via email. Unexpectedly, she tells me that my latest email has been blocked by their automated filtering system — instead of receiving my email, she was sent this:
Please reply with history to uspostmaster@[removed].com if you would like this message released. MailMarshal (an automated content monitoring gateway) has stopped the following email for the following reason: It believes it may contain unacceptable language, or inappropriate material. Message: B47d568a10002.000000000001.0002.mml From: [removed] To: [removed] Subject: Re: [removed] MailMarshal Rule: Content Security (Inbound) : Block Unacceptable Language Script Offensive Language (Basic) Triggered in Body Expression: f-ck* Triggered 2 times weighting 10 Expression: sh-t Triggered 2 times weighting 6 Script Offensive Language (Extensive) Triggered in Body Expression: bugger* Triggered 1 times weighting 35 Expression: f-ck* Triggered 1 times weighting 60 Please remove any inappropriate language and send it again. If you do not recognize the address listed in the From: field above or the Subject: line does not relate to an expected email, then the blocked message is probably spam and no further action is required on your part. Additionally, addresses listed above could possibly be spoofed. Please see the following for more information on email spoofing: http://www.cert.org/tech_tips/email_spoofing.html The blocked email will be automatically deleted after 5 days. Email Content Security provided by NetIQ MailMarshal.
Note that I added the hyphens for censorship (you're welcome, those of you at work). So, ironically, rc_pinchey's friend still got a list of all the swears he used. Clbuttic!
Re: Best f**king censorship ever
2008-04-28 10:36
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Corporate email protocol has changed so much over the last few years, and I would now never even think of using dubious language on the company network.
However, about six or seven years ago, my large multinational company merged with our major competitor, and the DoJ lawyers came in to check for evidence of anticompetitive behavior. This included searching everyone's email for evidence of collusion or price-fixing, searching for incriminating phrases like "crush the competition" and "together we will rule the world, muhahaha". One of my staff had to install the text-mining software to perform these checks, and had to go through a fairly extensive process to ensure it was working correctly across all our email servers. After a couple of days, he gleefully reported back to me that the person that had used the word "f*ck" in emails more than anyone else in our 15,000 person company was, err, me. |
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This filter makes things worse. All you know is that somebody has possibly been insulting you heavily and then you have to call them up to beg for them to repeat the tirade again...
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This reminds me of the story where stocks of a German Company called "FAG Kugelfischer" could not be traded for a day at the NYSE after they turned on a swear word filter in their trading system.
I don't know whether the use of "fag" as a swearword has increased at the NYSE since... |
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