Rick- I know we've been having hardware problems (warranty issues with a disk) and this happened since the new disk was installed. It is particularly odd since the same day I got email with subject lines I wouldn't dare repeat on a public forum. :) Frankly I don't care as I know how to hit the delete button :) and I'm pretty hard to offend after 20+ years of teaching!
Our IT folk haven't a clue except to add TIPS and/or the subject line to my "safe" email lists. We aren't a Christian school although we have a historical affiliation with one denomination. I suspect it was some well intentioned member of IT made changes to our filters w/o discussing it with anyone (apparently including the head of IT). As a faculty representative to our IT committee, I took the question directly to the head of the department this morning and he had no clue that anything filtering something that banal would be there. His only thought was that something in the "intelligence" (probability estimators, I suspect) got tripped by the juxtaposition of teen and sex. (Someone suggested the filter may have been excited by the idea). :) Tim -----Original Message----- From: Rick Froman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:06 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: No canoodling in Kansas! I have to say I am surprised that spam filters at other universities are objecting to that subject line alone. That is certainly a legitimate line of inquiry at an institution of higher education. You definitely need to point this out to your IT departments. I work at a Christian college and there was no problem with Stephen's message. My daily reading through the titles of my spam mail is almost always uneventful with the exception of some broad distribution e-mails (like Microsoft Office newsletters) that appear to be spam. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
