Hi everyone,
Given all the discussions surrounding educational blogs that have been
blocked capriciously by Internet filters, I started thinked about what
it would take to create the online equivalent of a samizdat network,
similar to the system used by Soviet dissidents to disseminate banned
Congratulations, Andy, you recreated something similar to the basic
Alert Retrieval Cache with off the shelf tools.
Andy Carvin wrote:
Hi everyone,
Given all the discussions surrounding educational blogs that have been
blocked capriciously by Internet filters, I started thinked about what
Norbert writes:
Can anyone suggest a good quotable reference for the fact that
this kind of thing is common practice?
Norbert unfortunately information in this area isn't so easily forthcoming
because of security and proprietary concerns - Organisations that filter
email content tend not to
CTCs and other efforts intended in some way to Bridge the Digital Divide are
naturally the first taste of the Internet for many people around the world.
We show them how to use tools involving the Internet: WWW. email..
blogging, podcasting, VoIP and more.
We may entice them to further and
Reminder: -
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usual, the meeting will commence with a talk. You are cordially
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I administer a mail gateway processing upwards of 7,000 messages per
day, and unabashedly can confirm we trash more than 4,000 of these
per day unread and without providing notifications as to why. This
is common practice throughout Government, corporate's and business,
the academy
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The problem is that most people don't know about it and assume Email offers
some form of
guarantee of delivery. In it's current form, it does not.
Interesting notion - snail mail offers the same lack of guarantee. When I
check my physical mailbox, I employ my own form of SPAM filtering - my