Hello Mark,

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:16:57 +0200 GMT (21/10/2008, 21:16 +0700 GMT),
Mark Partous wrote:

MP> Today I ran into something strange. I received a message from someone
MP> I know who already sent me messages earlier.

MP> There were some url's redirecting to the login-screen of their site
MP> (online accountancy) which work in earlier messages but in this one,
MP> each and every link shows this warning:

MP> ---------------------------
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MP> 
"BLOCKED::BLOCKED::blocked::BLOCKED::blocked::BLOCKED::blocked::blocked::blocked::blocked::http://uitgeverij.vandenbroele.be/";
 - Toegang geweigerd
MP> ---------------------------
MP> OK   
MP> ---------------------------

MP> The same applies to email-addresses.

MP> All messages were sent with Office Outlook 11, earlier ones in
MP> text-only mode, the one with the blocked urls in html-only mode.

MP> Any ideas what caused this?

We had this in the office two or three years ago. It turned out that
the sysad had done something on the server so that URLs in incoming
email were defaced like what you describe. This was to prevent staff
from downloading viruses (that was indeed the official explanation!).

-- 

Cheers,
Thomas.

INFLATION: Cutting money in half without damaging the paper.
http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/

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