On Tuesday 01 July 2003 10:54 am, Chris Barnes wrote:
> Rick Beebe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I'd like to appeal to the SA collective to change the name of the
> > PENIS_ENLARGE tests to something a little more innocuous. Apparently
> > some people find it offensive to see it in their email. I've received
> > the odd complaint about the test name--usually when it shows up in a
> > message that isn't about body part enhancement. I've been ignoring
> > them, but apparently there is a larger client rumbling going on and
> > now it's gotten to HR who are receiving complaints that it's sexual
> > harrasement.
>
> Let me guess, your HR person's name is Catbert...
>
> Q: how are they seeing this to begin with - it's in the header, not the
> body.  Are they using some oddball email program that is showing them
> the headers?

Depends on how he has SA configured.  If he has it producing the following, I 
can understand why he may be getting complaints.

This mail is probably spam.  The original message has been attached
along with this report, so you can recognize or block similar unwanted
mail in future.  See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details.

Content preview:  VP-RX Will Enlarge Your _Penis_ 3+ Inches 100%
  GUARANTEED TO WORK! Finally!! A medical breakthrough in Science has
  enabled a team of 14 doctors to create a pill that is designed to
  enlarge the male penis by length and width. (Over 3 Inches) Our tests
  show that out of the 17,000 Men from around the world who participated
  in our survey, the average gain after 4 months on VP-RX was 3.02
  Inches! Amazing, Permanent results that will last...Get your BIGGER
  Penis Today.
  URI:http://www.herbalpillsonline.biz/cgi-bin/affiliates/click.cgi?id=jack
  VISIT OUR SITE NOW [...] 

Content analysis details:   (21.80 points, 5 required)
NO_REAL_NAME       (0.8 points)  From: does not include a real name
PENIS_ENLARGE2     (1.3 points)  BODY: Information on getting a larger penis 
or breasts (2)
[....]
IMPOTENCE          (2.9 points)  BODY: Impotence cure
[....]
PENIS_ENLARGE      (1.4 points)  BODY: Information on getting a larger penis 
or breasts

....And so forth.  Of course, there are other ways to configure SA ;-)
-- 
Robin Lynn Frank
Director of Operations
Paradigm-Omega, LLC
    ******
The need to do something is
inversely proportional to the
time available.





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