[Mimedefang] Amusing: Simple word filtering SNAFU, emphasis on the F

[WBrown at e1b.org]

Richard Laager <rlaager at wiktel.com> wrote on 02/28/2007 11:53:29 AM:

> > What are the odds that a base64 encoding would include the F-bomb?
> 
> Pretty high. We had a user who filtered on "sex" and some four letter
> words, and they were having (their words) "any message with an
> attachment" blocked. I figured out the actual probabilities then, but
> I've forgotten them now.

Followup:  I checked a single 5.5 MB message (several attached files). 
Nine instances of the F-word  and I quit counting after the 40th instance 
of "sex" and was only half way through the message.

Well, I've learned something new today!