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Quote:E-mail filter blocks 'erection'

A resident's e-mails objecting to a planning application were blocked by a computer system that tries to filter blue or risque language.

Commercial lawyer Ray Kennedy, from Middleton, Gtr Manchester, wrote three e-mails to Rochdale Council complaining about a planning matter.

But two messages, with the word "erection", were blocked as offensive and the third was too late...

full article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/engla...031156.stm

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Do Spam Blockers Work Too Well?
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That's why true men don't use Spam filters.

Can't have anything getting in the way of any erection.  :blinkie:

Spam filters suck at blocking real spam.