Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!amdcad!sun!pitstop!sundc!seismo!uunet!mcvax!ukc!eagle.ukc.ac.uk!icdoc!tgould!awm From: awm@gould.doc.ic.ac.uk (Aled Morris) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: contacting UK from US Message-ID: Date: 11 Nov 88 17:31:16 GMT References: : <6632@spool.cs.wisc.edu> Sender: news@doc.ic.ac.uk Organization: Dept. of Computing, Imperial College, London Lines: 24 In-reply-to: g-zavras@rocky.cs.wisc.edu.CS.WISC.EDU's message of 10 Nov 88 04:02:36 GMT > Well, now the funny part: I learned (by telephone) that >my cousin has been contacted by the Foreign Office and cautioned >NEVER to receive such mail again, or he'll be deported !!! How extraodinary. The mail headers show that your messages were routed through the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory BITNET gateway, a government sponsored research institute. This is a very popular route (since it is currently free), and I've never heard of any mail being stopped, or users being threatened by the Foreign Office! I wonder if RAL have installed software for checking keywords in mail messages (SDI, nuclear power, sabotage, etc. etc.)? Aled Morris systems programmer mail: awm@doc.ic.ac.uk | Department of Computing uucp: ..!ukc!icdoc!awm | Imperial College talk: 01-589-5111x5085 | 180 Queens Gate, London SW7 2BZ #disclaimer "None of the above is in any way an official statement from IC"