Your email message was blocked

2 posts ยท Feb 21 2013 to Feb 21 2013

From: John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@y...>

Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:39:14 -0600

Subject: Fwd: Your email message was blocked

Ummm...

Someone's either using the wrong email address for subscription to the list or
the wrong filter settings if it is spamming my inbox for using the word
"bullsh!t".

Use a personal email, not a work one, or fix your settings if this is your
personal email. Who the hell filters "bullsh!t" anyway? I just adjusted the
word so that the genius in question can see this email
without being bounced by your high-speed profanity filter.

John M. Atkinson

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From: Sean Dzafovic <sdzafovic@g...>

Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:01:01 -0400

Subject: Re: Your email message was blocked

On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 9:39 AM, John Atkinson <johnmatkinson@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Ummm. . .

It's not the individual's settings, it's the ISP. They have some rather
puritanical criteria for email filters.

I'm on some astronomy email lists and several people have had emails
blocked for a 5-letter word starting with N and ending in D that is a
synonym for "unaided".