Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!orca!javelin.es.com!bgeer From: bgeer@javelin.es.com (Bob Geer) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Prodigy bashing. was: Re: mail to Prodigy Message-ID: <1991Apr2.235210.25548@javelin.es.com> Date: 2 Apr 91 23:52:10 GMT References: <1991Mar26.205510.19869@linus.mitre.org> <1991Apr1.181020.8836@SanDiego.NCR.COM> Reply-To: bgeer%javelin@dsd.es.com Distribution: usa Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah Lines: 24 davel@booboo.SanDiego.NCR.COM (David Lord) writes: > Personally I've never run up against Prodigy's infamous censorship but > I don't use Prodigy to post notices complaining about Prodigy. >... One of my Prodigy messages bounced due to "inappropriate content". That content, as far as I could determine, was the word "sucks", It was definitely not used in any way shape or form as a sexual reference. Any human I believe would have realized that and passed the message. I tried at least 4 ways to get a query to *P* adminstration in an attempt to understand specifically why the message was bounced. I got no response at all. The $10-15 per month "high cost" of prodigy is no doubt much less than that required if you had to pay for a full-fledged Internet node. I've enjoyed Prodigy, have some nice pen-pals & derived some useful info. It does serve a different clientele than Internet, so the flavor of communication is certainly different. -- <> Bob `Bear' Geer <> bgeer%javelin@bambam.dsd.es.com <> <> Alta-holic <> speaking only for myself, one of my many tricks <> <> Salt Lake City, <> "We must strive to be more than we are, Lal." <> <> Ootah <> -- Cmdr. Data, learning schmaltz <>