Rejection

[Stuart Fullerton]

gazooks:

a continuation at the attempts of global benign mediocrity. it would
appear that this effects only "english/american" words and latin/greek
origins?

this should call for a meeting of the u.n.?

rof




Tony Irwin wrote:

>I regularly have problems with accessing sites and receiving mails at work
>because of blocked words. If I need to find out anything about Lesser
>Earwigs or a large long-haired cat breed from Maine, I give up and research
>it at home!
>A couple of years back, in an effort to get the blocking lifted, I
>discovered that I could access (carefully worded) sites propounding the
>racist views of several neo-Nazi groups, and pointed out this anomaly to the
>IT administrators, but they weren't impressed. They offered to lift the ban
>on specific words if I could give them a few days notice, and got a form
>signed by my line manager. (Here in Britain we have what is termed a "nanny
>state". I feel like a very naughty child sometimes!)
>Tony Irwin
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Taxacom Discussion List [mailto:TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU]On
>Behalf Of Richard Petit
>Sent: 12 May 2005 18:32
>To: TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU
>Subject: Re: Rejection
>
>
>The message appended below was posted on another server by a friend in
>Brasil.  His email message was blocked by a server for "reason" stated
>below.  The offending word was part of the binominal Fissurella nigra
>(Lesson, 1831).
>
>Has anyone else had a similar experience?
>
>dick p.
>
>------------------------------------------
>
>MailMarshal (an automated content monitoring gateway) has stopped the
>following email for the following reason:
>
> It believes it may contain unacceptable language, or inappropriate
>material.
>
>
>   Message: B00001f8e7.00000001.mml
>
>   From:    shells at femorale.com
>
>   To:      rshead at medelec.com.mt
>
>   Subject: List 1905
>
> Please remove any inappropriate language and send it again.
>
> The blocked email will be automatically deleted after 5 days.
>
> MailMarshal Rule: Inbound Messages : Block Unacceptable Language Script
>Offensive Language (Basic) Triggered in Body
>
>Expression: nigra Triggered 1 times weighting 5
>
> Email security by MailMarshal from Marshal Software.
>
>
>
>


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