GEN: the perils of filtering (unintended consequences)

[Ken Umbach <kumbach@UNLIMITED.NET>]

This is funny!  The message I sent about the c r e d ! t -- c @ r d 0pt-0ut
number was rejected by at least one system.  (I had to junk up the
offending phrase in preceding sentence in hopes that it gets by that way
... but it will probably be flagged by some other filtering restriction, alas.)

>This is an automated Notification e-mail message from GWAVA.
>
>The message you sent, from the address "kumbach@UNLIMITED.NET".GWIA.DO
>
>to [No To Addresses]
>
>Concerning: Re: GEN: off topic: c r e d ! t c @ r d opt out option [I
>inserted spaces and whatnot so it will not be filtered out again]
>
>Was not delivered because it contained content not accepted by the e-mail
>system in use at the intended recipient's organization.
>
>The message contained the following text:
>
>%%FilterContent [apparently the system erred: the words themselves should
>have gone in there, not the place-holder]

Interesting that a message advising on a way to prevent unwanted mail and
to aid in one's financial info. security is filtered out on account of
words in the message.

Anyway, I thought this might be of interest to folks who often have to deal
with the unintended consequences of filtering.

Ken

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