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Since the question came up on LM_Net over the weekend, I ran a test with
my usual newsgroup reading tool, deja.com (used to be dejanews) to see
if our proxy server with URLabs I-gear would block. The proxy allowed me
to search for newsgroup alt.sex. After scrolling through several pages
of message listings about spam canceling, I finally came to a couple of
messages cross-posted with alt.romance that seemed likely to trigger the
content screening, including one whose subject was bowdlerized to
______. Sure enough, the dynamic screening software screened the content
and displayed an Access Denied message.
Don't know how this would apply to more conventional newsgroup
subscription technique, but for those concerned about filtering
newsgroups this is a partial answer.
Don't know if those having mandated filtering software like me will be
able to read this message; I'll try it with a back copy and see.

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Jeff Cornelius
Computer Media Technician (PC doc)
Augusta County VA Schools
jcorneli@augusta.k12.va.us
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