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Old March 31st, 2006, 04:03 PM
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Okay... this one I can't figure out.

Eudora (email program) has a feature called MoodWatch. You can enable it to, among other things, remind you to tone down your language. Since it's probably not a good idea to tell federal judges to go to a very hot place, I decided to go ahead and enable the feature on my work email.

Today, it informed me, solemnly, that using the phrase "my eyes may deceive me" is "the sort of thing that might get your keyboard washed out with soap" and that I should "consider toning it down." The words that were highlighted were "may deceive me".

Huh??? If that's offensive, it's a sure bet I can't EVER send an email to a politician!!!
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Old March 31st, 2006, 08:25 PM
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Okay... this one I can't figure out.

Eudora (email program) has a feature called MoodWatch. You can enable it to, among other things, remind you to tone down your language. Since it's probably not a good idea to tell federal judges to go to a very hot place, I decided to go ahead and enable the feature on my work email.

Today, it informed me, solemnly, that using the phrase "my eyes may deceive me" is "the sort of thing that might get your keyboard washed out with soap" and that I should "consider toning it down." The words that were highlighted were "may deceive me".

Huh??? If that's offensive, it's a sure bet I can't EVER send an email to a politician!!!
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ROF,L!!! Funny, that you of all people, should employ PC software!

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Old March 31st, 2006, 09:50 PM
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I only use it at work, where my SEND finger may move faster than my brain.
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Huh??? If that's offensive, it's a sure bet I can't EVER send an email to a politician!!!


I guess Eudora doesn't understand figures of speech.

I think that's rather a neat idea, though, to have your software say to you, "Uh, do you really want to say this?" Never a bad idea to take a second look at what you've written, even if you decide it's a case of the software being too literal.

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Old March 31st, 2006, 09:51 PM
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I really do like the concept -- I caught myself once tossing off a rather... uh... colloquial expression in a business email to someone who would NOT have appreciated it. But geez... "may deceive me"???
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But geez... "may deceive me"???
Computers can be sooooo literal. I guess Eudora thinks you're calling the guy a damned liar.

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Old April 1st, 2006, 11:32 AM
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Hilariously, I just enabled moodwatch at home and sent a message to my alternate email that reads, in its entirety, "You're a liar!"

No warning.
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Judy,

You can adjust the level that it warns at. It is in the options, mood watch. You may have the warning level set differently.
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Old April 2nd, 2006, 12:42 AM
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You can adjust the level that it warns at. It is in the options, mood watch. You may have the warning level set differently.
I have it set to warn when a message is probably offensive. "May deceive me" is probably offensive???
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Hilariously, I just enabled moodwatch at home and sent a message to my alternate email that reads, in its entirety, "You're a liar!"

No warning.
Ah, geez. Try "Moodwatch is an idiot."

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Old April 2nd, 2006, 12:40 AM
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Ah, geez. Try "Moodwatch is an idiot."
ROFL!!! I might just try that...
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