RichardSRussell (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} richardsrussell) wrote,@ 2008-04-16 13:44:00 |
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Forbidden Words
Recently one of my Yahoo groups bounced an e-mail from me because its subject line consisted of the forbidden word "Photos". Yahoo had identified this horrifying word as a likely subject line on a message containing a virus, even tho my own message had 2 short text paragraphs and no attachments and came from a Mac.
Curious to see just how extensively Yahoo is checking for subject lines even more suspicious than "Photos", I ran a little experiment to see what else might set them off. FYI, messages with the following subject lines all went thru just fine:
• This Is Spam
• Pornography Attached
• Biggus Dickus [apologies to Monty Python]
• Nigerian Money Laundering Scam
• PEN IS mightier than sword
• Malicious Virus Enclosed
But at least we're safe from "Photos".
Recently one of my Yahoo groups bounced an e-mail from me because its subject line consisted of the forbidden word "Photos". Yahoo had identified this horrifying word as a likely subject line on a message containing a virus, even tho my own message had 2 short text paragraphs and no attachments and came from a Mac.
Curious to see just how extensively Yahoo is checking for subject lines even more suspicious than "Photos", I ran a little experiment to see what else might set them off. FYI, messages with the following subject lines all went thru just fine:
• This Is Spam
• Pornography Attached
• Biggus Dickus [apologies to Monty Python]
• Nigerian Money Laundering Scam
• PEN IS mightier than sword
• Malicious Virus Enclosed
But at least we're safe from "Photos".
