MSN protocol filtering words

[Tom]

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;