no, that's probably not the problem. some big companies are running aggresive filters on email, allegedly to protect themselves and employees, and just because they like censorship. it's bogus, it's stupid, it should be illegal for a third party to do it.
aol is worse, they'll just delete messages without even bothering to tell sender or reciever for any number of things that are against thier "community standards". i know of one case where aol blocked almost all mail to a gunsmith, because the subject line contained the word "gun". apparently some people don't think adults should be able to discuss certain things, no matter if they are pro or con or in support of law enforcment etc. (they did explain it when he called to ask where his mail was going, it was being forwarded by his host system so he knew they were disappearing). yes, it's bogus, it's ignorant, and more than a little fascist. another good reason to not use aol and scream at any one who uses "scanmail", which is one of the more obnoxious and infamous of such filters. worse yet, scan mail is usually set up so a sysadmin gets to read any "questionable" mail (so a human can make the decision, if they take the time, or more likely find out things they don't need to know) , hence totally destroying the privacy of both the sender and reciever. and it's just triggered by the presence of certain words or possibly phrases, without considering the context, and of course it misses things with deliberate misspellings or asteriks. substituted for letters etc, and would totally miss any subtle communication. it's a perverse invasion of privacy, justified with all the usual stupid excuses but usually really motivated by someones desire to control others, it's a power trip for some and just paranoi for others. even if you think some things shouldn't be discussed the tendency is to have huge word list of things that are unacceptable, and to add to that list freeley. of course thanks to bush, ashcroft, and the gross missues of the illegal carnivore sytem you don't really have any privacy anyway, and goverment agencies are swamped with more information than they can really process. pgp or a better system sounds more and more attractive. of course these systems usually don't scan anything compressed, so you can attach the stuffed complete works of your favorite white supremacist and complete bomb plans and building blueprints without tripping anything, but you can't talk about air marshals and guns or what an a**hole your boss is, it would interpet the later as possible "sexual harrasment". you can't even trade jokes with people you know wouldn't be offended or discuss medical problems in some cases. you can't talk about boob jobs, you can't talk about impotency, etc., etc., it's really only limited by the imagination of the particular fascist and software vendor involved. sadly we live in a society of fear rather than empowerment and reason, and this was true long before last september. the emperor has no clothes, and seems perversly aroused by his state as well, be careful if an apendage is pointed in your direction.... /rant off. "Eric D." wrote: > > [rant warning] > > Grrr. I can handle spam blockers (which I absolutely love b/c it keeps my > e-mail addresses manageable (mac.com does a great job)) but e-mail > censors!!!??? Is there any way such BS can be disabled b/c AFAIK I wrote > nothing that was even remotely offensive (& if it was then the person who it > offended should probably not be communicating with people outside of their > own little $$$$$$$$ cult). -- "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk." --Thomas Edison Philip Stortz, Mad_Scientist_at_Large. available to take over worlds large or small. -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
