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Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Fri Jun 19 21:34:27 AEST 2020
This one stopped me in my tracks - which takes some doing given the time
I've spent in this parish.
Below is the "alert notification" I received, then the context that gave
rise to it, and then the message incl. headers.
Have we really reached the point that we have to use GPG to avoid having
our messages intercepted by puritanical bots?
Can anyone throw any light on the (Bible Belt, USA?) corporation that
provides the service that delivered this inanity?
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: Possible Profanity Detected
Date: 19 Jun 2020 10:40:17 -0000
From: alert at notification.messagelabs.com
To: Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
The following word(s) in your email with subject "Re: A Bird With No
Name!!! or When is a chough not a chough?" have been detected as
possible profanity; bastard
[ The puncterroneous ';' instead of ':' is in the original.]
This may be our email filtering system misinterpreting some words within
your email, however, please review the content of your email to ensure
it complies with the SVHA Acceptable Use Policy, available on the Intranet.
[ St Vincents Health Australia was the domain of one of the recipients.]
You are reminded that swearing or other objectionable content is forbidden.
[ Ah, 'forbidden'. Now *there's* an Old Testament word (St James
version) that you don't see very often these days.]
Your original email has not been modified or impacted, and will have
been delivered to it’s intended recipient.
[ And the apostrophe imp is at it again as well.]
This possible breach of Acceptable Use has been logged
[ Instead of the person who implemented this nonsense, who should have
been.]
For any questions, please contact the SVHA IT Helpdesk.
___________________________________
It's not particularly relevant, but, for the record, the context was:
> I don't deny climate in the least.
> I merely object when it intrudes unduly into my affairs.
> Also when it changes more rapidly than can be coped with by a
self-respecting once-modestly-left and increasingly-modestly-right,
and therefore immodestly-limping, old bastard.
(The even broader context was a somewhat Montypythonesque conversation
about white-winged choughs in the burnt-out area NW of Mittagong. But I
digress).
___________________________________
>From - Fri Jun 19 20:44:39 2020
X-Account-Key: account3
X-UIDL: UID73705-1534144771
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000
X-Mozilla-Keys:
Return-Path: <alert at notification.messagelabs.com>
Delivered-To: Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Received: from s221.syd2.hostingplatform.net.au
by s221.syd2.hostingplatform.net.au with LMTP
id 4CAsAD+W7F6msAYAnwW8sQ
(envelope-from <alert at notification.messagelabs.com>)
for <Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au>; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:41:03 +1000
Return-path: <alert at notification.messagelabs.com>
Envelope-to: Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Delivery-date: Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:41:03 +1000
Received: from mail2.bemta24.messagelabs.com ([67.219.250.13]:24712)
by s221.syd2.hostingplatform.net.au with esmtp (Exim 4.93)
(envelope-from <alert at notification.messagelabs.com>)
id 1jmESC-001qaK-Fd
for Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 20:41:02 +1000
Received: from [100.112.128.109] (using TLSv1.2 with cipher
DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256 bits))
by server-5.bemta.az-a.us-west-2.aws.symcld.net id
FE/15-28811-2169CEE5; Fri, 19 Jun 2020 10:40:18 +0000
X-Env-Sender: alert at notification.messagelabs.com
X-StarScan-Received:
X-StarScan-Version: 9.50.2; banners=-,-,-
X-VirusChecked: Checked
Received: (qmail 30471 invoked by uid 1004); 19 Jun 2020 10:40:17 -0000
Date: 19 Jun 2020 10:40:17 -0000
Message-ID: <20200619104017.30470.qmail at server-7.tower-324.messagelabs.com>
To: Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
X-Mailer: StarScan
From: alert at notification.messagelabs.com
Subject: Possible Profanity Detected
X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.8
X-Spam-Score: 18
X-Spam-Bar: +
X-Ham-Report: Spam detection software, running on the system
"s221.syd2.hostingplatform.net.au",
has NOT identified this incoming email as spam. The original
message has been attached to this so you can view it or label
similar future email. If you have any questions, see
root\@localhost for details.
Content preview: The following word(s) in your email with subject "Re:
A Bird
With No Name!!! or When is a chough not a chough?" have been detected as
possible profanity; bastard This may be our email filtering system [...]
Content analysis details: (1.8 points, 5.0 required)
pts rule name description
---- ----------------------
--------------------------------------------------
0.8 BAYES_50 BODY: Bayes spam probability is 40 to 60%
[score: 0.4998]
-0.0 SPF_HELO_PASS SPF: HELO matches SPF record
-0.0 RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE RBL: Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/,
no trust
[67.219.250.13 listed in list.dnswl.org]
-0.0 RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2 RBL: Average reputation (+2)
[67.219.250.13 listed in wl.mailspike.net]
1.0 KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY Sending domain does not have any
anti-forgery methods
X-Spam-Flag: NO
The following word(s) in your email with subject "Re: A Bird With No Name!=
!! or When is a chough not a chough?" have been detected as possible profa=
nity; bastard
This may be our email filtering system misinterpreting some words within y=
our email, however, please review the content of your email to ensure it =
complies with the SVHA Acceptable Use Policy, available on the Intranet.
You are reminded that swearing or other objectionable content is forbidden=
.
Your original email has not been modified or impacted, and will have been =
delivered to it=E2=80=99s intended recipient.
This possible breach of Acceptable Use has been logged
For any questions, please contact the SVHA IT Helpdesk.
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Roger Clarke mailto:Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
T: +61 2 6288 6916 http://www.xamax.com.au http://www.rogerclarke.com
Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA
Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W.
Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University
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