On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:32:45 -0400, Clarence Verge wrote: > On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 18:04:34 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 16:50:02 -0400, L.D. Best wrote: >>> Why don't you try using the subject with one of the accepted alternative >>> spellings like "Oshama" or Bin Lauden vs. Bin Laden and see what >>> various ISPs do with the message. If you find a place where you get >>> kickbacks that can be duplicated, try narrowing it down by omitting a >>> single element of the subject ... send with Osama bin or bin lauden or >>> whatever and see if somewhere someone's fear is operating to "protect >>> the users" from exposure. >> I would like to do that; however, most would-be recipients would feel >> annoyed with receiving silly little test messages to which they might >> feel obligated to respond. > For starters, try sending the messages to yourself. ;-) Great minds *do* think alike. I just tested it. Empty message (only my sig file, no message body) Subject line... osama bin laden No problem. I then forwarded that message to my own address and to Sam. This forward was placed intop my inbox with no problems. So far... no "bounce back". As Sam pointed-out. We tested it on the message in question and the "OBL block" was on my end. (CisNet.com) As my test just a few minutes ago shows, This "block" has now been removed. -- Glenn http://arachne.cz/ http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/ http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
