MSN protocol filtering words

[S. Chancellor]

On 2006-04-07 16:44:59 -0700, Tom <ihate at spam.com> said:

> Hi everybody. Sorry about the noise but I wish to know about your 
> opinions on the next.
> 
>  From time to time, I use MSN protocol for communicating because, at 
> least here in Argentina, it's the most popular client for the common of 
> Argentine guys and girls. Not that I consider myself one of them :P, 
> but to be online with the most of my not-nerd friends, I have no choice 
> other than use the protocol.
> 
> Maybe this isn't new to everybody, but it was for me today as it can be 
> to someone else.
> 
> Today I've read some mail I receive daily from a mailing list of CS 
> Students of the University where I study (UBA), warning everyone of a 
> not-very-honest behavior of the MS people in what concerns to their 
> client/protocol "MSN Messenger". They do filter messages that contain 
> certain words, apparently from web pages that offers some services 
> which makes competition to them (I guess). I've made the test myself 
> with the word "subitufoto". This is a web page that offers photo upload 
> for free (www.subitufoto.com.ar). When the word "subitufoto" appears in 
> some message it is apparently sent but currently not received by the 
> other peer. I may be naive but this can't be just a bug, can it?
> We never know what other words are being filtered/recorded/etc but this sucks!
> 
> This makes me distrust profoundly of MSN from now on (not in the sense 
> of confidentiality which it naturally lacks). I don't know if this is 
> something geographically dependent (i.e. only specific for some 
> countries or languages), but I've certainly tested it and it's the bare 
> and sad true.
> 
> Does anyone know something on the subject?
> 
> Regards,

Wow, that's some amazing spam.  Almost fooled me, although I didn't 
have any idea why he was posting his BS here.

-S.