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Aggressive Email Filtering Blocks Political Debate

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the been-there-done-that dept.

Stephen writes "Many of us have spam blockers operating on our mail. But according to this BBC article, when British members of parliament starting having their emails filtered last month, it stopped them talking about genuine political business such as the Sexual Offences Bill, and prevented them receiving some constituents' emails." This problem has bit me on the bum a few times too. About 1 message in every 250 spam is a false hit. Course thats about once a day :(

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  1. Re:true story by circletimessquare · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    you are one evil troll.

    i reveal personal issues to advance the debate on false positives and all you can do is criticize me personally.

    i fear for anyone close to you.

    judging by the negativity i have gotten from you without even knowing you, i can say for certainty that anyone who gets close to you is in for a lot of grief.

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    intellectual property law is philosophically incoherent. it is your moral duty to ignore it or sabotage it