Reply #10: First they are reading your email, then censoring based on content [View All]

[ConsAreLiars]

"The URL contained in your email" is what is triggering the rejection process. They have programs that scan every word you write for words or phrases or URLs that they want to keep the the folks whose net access they control from seeing. If you put a space somewhere, like in "http://phil carter.blogspot.com/..." with instructions to the recipient to remove it, it might get through the filter. In any case, your AOL friends should be told that AOL is denying them access to certain information based on political content.

They should know that these same triggers can be used to mark email for other actions, like forwarding copies to human readers. This censoring process "might" only occur if AOL users agreed to let AOL process their mail through their so-called Spam stopper service. If so, advise them to opt out and use an email program that allows them to define what is spam, rather than using AOL's definition, which is apparently lets a few people who object to specific political content deny that content to everyone.