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Trend Micro Quarantines Letter P
kkenedy writes "I thought this was the funniest thing I have read in a long time: CRN reports that a bug in an update to one of Trend Micro's security products inadvertently blocks all incoming e-mail containing the letter P." Makes me glad I don't use it, else I wouldn't get any mail, purely on the basis of my surname.
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I wonder if you can get around this by writing "P" in HTML code:
p=p
P=P
I remember last year that their mail filtering system (I think it's the Interscan antivirus) that would block all messages with "!!!" claiming that it was spam. I knew a lot of people who complained about this because sometimes for informal discussion, to emphasize something you might use "!!!" in your message.
;)
I just hope Interscan doesn't block slashdot because of this comment.
Take-off every
eople need to get some perspective on this issue - Yes, there was a problem, but it's fixed. Trend's product base is very stable, very fast and very effective. One small problem like this is just that: small !
Agreed, it is a small problem - but it's a very funny one.
Most of us don't have that much going for us in our lives, especially after the bubble burst - can we just have some fun with this please?
I can't believe they didn't send the classic "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". Back when I was doing QA, if there was a text field, I'd fill it to the gunnels with stuff like that.
The programming error was stupid, but things happen - that's why you have a QA Team.
It's also an example why it's important to have QA do something other than run matrices and automated test scripts. Those only get what they're scripted to catch, and that's not where the "critical fumbles" occur.
It's gonna take a while for them to live THIS one down.
Ralphie
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