Apparently, members of this list who work at Robert Flemming London
Messaging (?), did not receive the amusing anecdote regarding a particular
brand of vehicle and it's accompanying license plate.  This was totally
automated and kicked out because it contained the word "[CENSORED]" [hmm...
can't say it here because it will kick out again], yet this word is a common
everyday word.

At some levels, this is probably a "good thing", but to me it seems a bit
extreme in it's current implementation [although, the automated e-mail
response indicating why it kicked out did admit to the fact the system is
"imperfect"]

Tom Emerson
Sr. Systems Analyst
NDC | e COMMERCE
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p.s. Here is the original with the offending word [CENSORED] censored:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stephen Douglass [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 6:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: OT - [MENTAL PROBLEM]
>
>
> A co-worker handed me the following [MENTAL PROBLEM] and as of yet I
> have not figured it out:
>
>
> >>This is the world's shortest [COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL] [CENSORED].  If you
get the
> [CENSORED], you're a [COMPUTER PROFESSIONAL].
> >>
> >>Seen on a VW Bug's California license plate:  FEATURE
>
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve Douglass
> BFGoodrich Aerospace
>

The answer: "It's not a BUG, it's a FEATURE"