From: jeff@litech.org 
  
 In article , 
 Patrick Ashley Meuser\\"-Bianca\\"  wrote: 
 > 
 >I've sent numerous messages to the all comp.ai.* groups, including one today 
 >with questions about the invisible thief problem.  None of them got through. 
  
 So they silently vanish, no email explanation? 
  
  
 >When I mean by "bounce" is deny legitimate messages that I send while they 
 >let things like "Sex Vidz" get through--which obviously does not relate to 
 >the group any more than the message that I'm trying to communicate.  I don't 
 >think that debugging is the answer.  If only I could find a copy of the 
 >charter, perhaps I could cater to the group's policy a little bit better 
 >than the alternative.  I think this is all that is required. 
  
 I don't think your approach is going to help, but you can try it 
 if you like. 
  
 If these are moderated groups, then yes, your message might be 
 rejected due to content, but in that case (1) you shouldn't see 
 spam in the group, and (2) you should receive an explanation via 
 email. 
  
 If these are not moderated groups, then the details of the 
 content are not going to cause your message to vanish.  Either 
 there's something wrong with your client, or you're triggering 
 some sort of spam filter (e.g. by crossposting to more than five 
 groups at a time). 
  
  
 -- 
 Jeffrey M. Vinocur 
 jeff@litech.org 
  
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