MSN protocol filtering words

[John Reimer]

In article <e177l4$kgk$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Tom says...
>
>S. Chancellor escribió:
>> 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.
>> 
>
>Are you serious? What kind of spam would that be? Not selling anything. 
>Don't be ridiculous please. Maybe I shouldn't had posted here. Sorry, I 
>was just looking if someone knew about that kind of issues in MSN protocol.
>
>Tom;


Tom... I imagine that your post would be appropriate for c++.chat.  Can you try
posting there?

Interesting about MSN, if it's true. I've never heard of that problem.

-JJR