[TI] TI MAIL FILTERING

[Laura Johnson]

Just because a message appears on the list and looks like it was sent 
directly from that person, does not mean it actually arrived at the 
server in plain text format.

In the case of Ann's messages that were sent last night to the list, I 
had to strip it of the HTML coding at the server level and then allow it 
to post.

FIRST, this filtering is for the benefit of EVERYONE on this list.  It 
prevents spammers from sending email to the list. I prevents viruses etc 
from getting through to the list.  It keeps it all safer for all of us 
this way. 

There are 3 things that can happen when an email arrives at the server 
in anything other than plain text.

1.  It sits in a holding folder on the server.  I then have to go in and 
tell it to strip the HTML, Rich Text, or attachment from it.  When I do 
this, then the email is SENT directly to the list and it appears that it 
was a normal plain text message and looks just like the person sent it 
without a problem

2.  The email is auto-forwarded to me because it fails the HOLD ON 
SERVER test.  At this point, the only way I can send it back to the list 
is to click FORWARD, then change the format to plain text, then click 
send.  These are the messages that have FWD in the subject line.

3.  The email is auto-discarded due to reasons such as:
    a.  The filter believes it is SPAM
    b.  The filter thinks it is a VIRUS, TROJAN, or WORM, etc
    c.  The sender is NOT subscribed to the list (usually spammers BUT 
if you try to send with an email address that is NOT subscribed to the 
list it could fall in this category.  Sometimes it holds the message for 
my approval)
    d. contains sexual content, obscene language, etc

Rosalie Amison wrote:
> This is coming in plain text.
> Rosalie
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