e-mail filter

A coworker in my group is forever telling me that she did not receive an email I know I sent to her. In fact, her email was apparently screening out a whole bunch of internally-generated messages about legitimate, work-related issues. As production manager, I ask my group to send me an updated status report on all their projects at the end of each day. I send a reminder every afternoon. "S" was never getting the reminder, which is generally only a subject line reading: Don't forget your updates

This morning, she realized she'd failed to receive an email from the editor of a company periodical she helps to produce. The subject line was the publication title - completely innocuous. The editor tried sending the message again, changing the subject line. It sailed right through.

Soon after, "S" received a forwarded joke email, which included the term "Smart Ass" in the subject line. It was not filtered.

Hmmm...

We spent the day coming up with unique subject lines for our emails to"S", to see what would be bounced. The following subject lines were considered appropriate, according to the filtering program on her computer:

• Hey asshole, send the fucking updates!
• Fuck You!
• Hardcore Porn
• Penis Size

Apparently, her email filter has been programmed to reject only boring, work-related emails. She's one of a small handful of employees in the company who work on a Mac.

Go Apple!!

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BTW, that forwarded joke email was about your friend and mine, KIRA! Just read:

THE SMART-ASS ANSWER OF THE YEAR
"THE TEACHER"

A college teacher reminds her class of tomorrow's final exam. "Now, class, I won't tolerate any excuses for you not being here tomorrow. I might consider a nuclear attack or a serious personal injury or illness, or a death in your immediate family but that's it, no other excuses whatsoever!"

A smart-ass guy in the back of the room raised his hand and asks, "What would you say if tomorrow I said I was suffering from complete and utter sexual exhaustion?"

The entire class does its best to stifle their laughter and snickering. When silence is restored, the teacher smiles sympathetically at the student, shakes her head, and sweetly says,

"Well, I guess you'd have to write the exam with your other hand."