Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site noscvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!houxz!vax135!floyd!cmcl2!seismo!hao!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!noscvax!revc From: revc@noscvax.UUCP (Bob Van Cleef) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: BBS Confiscated, a way to avoid it! Message-ID: <504@noscvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jun-84 11:23:19 EDT Article-I.D.: noscvax.504 Posted: Fri Jun 1 11:23:19 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Jun-84 06:54:19 EDT References: <283@intelca.UUCP> Organization: Naval Ocean Systems Center Lines: 31 In your article you suggested that the BBS software scan the incoming text for forbidded items, such as profanity. That assumes a sophistication on the part of the computer systems that just is not available to the normal BBS operator. Remember, that the majority of these systems are bought, run, and operated as a hobby, and do not have the resources of a large computer science department behind them. Many, by design, are very simple in concept and operation. It would be a pity if a lot of the current BBS's were forced off the "air" because they didn't have the ability to install an IBM 360. Also, I would like to see the Parcer that could tell the difference between the proper and improper posting of a telephone number. Bob -- ------------------------------------------------------------- R.E. Van Cleef (REVC) Computer Sciences Corporation San Diego, CA ihnp4 \ MILNET revc@nosc akqua \ UUCP decvax -------------!sdcsvax!noscvax!revc dcdwest / ucbvax / CompuServe 71565,533