A Letter to Bryn Mawr about their spam filter

Dear Bryn Mawr,

I think it's great you have such a strict spam filter. I know the Nigerian princes are disappointed that they can't get in touch with me, but I get too much email as it is and I don't need all the warnings about my inbox being full.

That said, it'd probably be best if the emails from the Student Health Division about enrolling in the mandatory health insurance DIDN'T get stopped by the filter. When those get stopped, it means I don't see them for a week... Yes, I saw it well before the deadline, but it was still worrying.

It was also worrying because the text in the email was a little weird (lots of ? in random places, as though it had been fed through a bad translator...) and it didn't come from a Bryn Mawr email address.

Let's just say I was very careful to go to the Bryn Mawr Health Center page by typing in my browser, not the link in the email....

I get that we have had some problems with email scams and things and I could tell when you strengthened the spam filter. But emails from school should get through the filter....

Sincerely,
Wendy

Just got a great email

It got blocked by my school's quarantine thing but every now and then I have to go check 'cause sometimes that stops Facebook. Anyway, this is the email I just got...

From:	"Joy. Baby"
To:	undisclosed recipients: ;

Hello Dear
How are you today my new friend, My name is Miss JOY.
Please i need relationship with you as my future partner ,i am a lady with good regard for relationship that is our culture as i got person like you so please put your mind on me,
I have allot to tell you also give you my pictures for you to know whom i am immediately i see your reply in my in-box, Pleases contact me to enable me send more of my pictures for you to know whom i am
Thanks Miss JOY...................


I definitely think I should respond...

UPDATE: 4/7/11 I got another email from Miss JOY, worded exactly the same way, and a slightly different one:

Hello
my name is joy and my contact adderss is:iam a beautiful young girl with full of love and carely, well i saw your profile and i love it, i think we can click together. please i will like you to contact me through this my email adderss thus please contact me with my email adderss i will like to show you my photo and at desame time you will know more about me.once again please contact me true my email adderss.dont send it to the site,the will not allow me to read your reply dou to i dont have any access their.so please email with my address.
thanks for your understanding
joy