Sunday, November 14, 2004, 11:14:21 AM, I wrote:
>> Not totally. An em is the width of (no s--t!) an 'M' glyph. But the
>> rest is allright for me.
> Totally. The font size is set in em units. The unit is defined as
> the width of an 'm' glyph.
Since quoting Bob's message, I've had two bounce messages from mail
systems that rejected the email because I'd quoted a four letter
word meaning faeces ("shirt" without an r). Oddly, both rejections
are from .au domains.
This is relevant in several respects:
Firstly, we have to realise that there are some brain-dead mail
filtering systems out there, and have to be careful about the words
we use or quote in emails.
Secondly, the people behind these filters need to know that they are
having their email censored for them.
Fourthly, we need to be wary of this stupidity spreading to
HTML filtering.
What happens when "bottom" is considered too rude by a growing wave
of prudery? "margin-beneath", anyone?
And fifthly, be careful when inventing class names that they won't
be a rude word in any possible language in the world!
--
Iain
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