Hello,
Just a little add-on to the debate: some members of the mailing-list are not even able to follow your discussion. As admin of Wikien-l I received the following mail (mail adresses anonymized).
Maybe we can use this scanner as testing tool in the question if a certain username is offensive or not ;-)
ROFL, elian
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["Worcestershire County Council Email Virus Scanner" xxx@xxx.net] You sent an email that contained possible profanity
To: wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org Subject: You sent an email that contained possible profanity
This email was generated automatically by the email system. For the attention of wikien-l-admin@wikipedia.org (wikien-l-request@wikipedia.org):
An automatic scan of the attached email, which you appear to have tried to send to <xxx>, , indicated possible objectionable content.
The Worcestershire County Council email system scans all messages and attachments before delivering them. The scanner reports: ______________________________________ While scanning the whole email message: Matched 'cock' in line 567 The content of this line is 'recall the earlier case of Throbbing Monster Cock correctly, a developer'
Matched 'cock' in line 592 The content of this line is '> recall the earlier case of Throbbing Monster Cock correctly, a develope='
Total found: 2
This message not was delivered to <xxx>, , but instead was diverted for moderation by the administrator. Please contact admin@networcs.net if you feel that this email was incorrectly blocked.
Regards Postmaster, Worcestershire County Council admin@networcs.net
elian wrote:
["Worcestershire County Council Email Virus Scanner" xxx@xxx.net] You sent an email that contained possible profanity
Hopefully the county of Worcestershire is not having a public comments period on the regulation of poultry farms.
--Jimbo
elian wrote:
Maybe we can use this scanner as testing tool in the question if a certain username is offensive or not ;-) elian
An automatic scan of the attached email, which you appear to have tried to send to <xxx>, , indicated possible objectionable content.
The Worcestershire County Council email system scans all messages and attachments before delivering them. The scanner reports:
This message not was delivered to <xxx>, , but instead was diverted for moderation by the administrator. Please contact admin@networcs.net if you feel that this email was incorrectly blocked.
Worcestershire County Council
I find the action of the bureaucrats far more offensive than the name chosen by TMC.
Eclecticology
Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net writes:
The Worcestershire County Council email system scans all messages and attachments before delivering them.
I find the action of the bureaucrats far more offensive than the name chosen by TMC.
There are enough freemail provider in the net. It is everybody's own choice (at least in Worcestershire) to get mail filtered.
Apart from that, I agree with you: the action is sad.
greetings, elian