[oclug] [OT] Censorship (was Re: Diversity)

[David F. Skoll]

Francis Pinteric wrote:

> Isn't that what examining documents, classifying them and pronouncing
> on their suitability, in this case SPAM or not SPAM, censorship?

Our software classifies incoming e-mail as "probably spam" or
"probably not spam".  However, it does not pronounce on its
"suitability".  Out of the box, our software makes almost no decisions
to reject or discard e-mail without human direction.  The only
circumstance in which our software discards e-mail on its own is if
ClamAV identifies a virus in the e-mail.  Here, we thought safety
overrode everything else.  (Naturally, this is easily changed with a
single setting, so that even viruses can be held for approval and
delivered if you like.)

--
David.