I occasionally send email to someone that works for an Australian company that has an American parent company. The mail server they utilise is I believe Exchange server and has a language filter installed. It appears that everyday words can trigger the filter. Words such as the commoner terms for urinate being an example.

Whilst I can appreciate that such a filter may have it's place on outgoing mail or internal mail, I strongly object to mail from external sources being scrutinised.

The real issue is that if such a mail is discovered the intended recipient doesn't get it but it is forwarded complete to the system admin in the parent Company in America. An automated response is returned to the sender. I strongly believe "hijacking " mail in this manner is surely legally questionable?

I do not have to accept any terms and conditions to send a mail, can they be applied to an outside person/ can they be applied retrospectively?


Any opinions?