MailScanner content scanning for keywords

Scott Silva ssilva at SGVWATER.COM
Mon Jul 18 20:01:16 IST 2005


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>>>Thanks Matt for a very reasoned and simple explanation of the problem and
>>>why it's so difficult to solve in a simplistic fashion!
>>>
>>>On a different tack - we were recently asked to implement a solution for a
>>>client in England that used MCP to trap English (as in UK) profanity. 
> 
> 
> I hope that client has a clear, written agreement with all its customers that
> he may scan the body of the mail. Because otherwise he is violating privacy
> laws and you might tell them that :)
> 
> -d
Yes, very important point! Here in the US, a machine scanning content is
very different than a person doing the same thing.
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