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Would like documentation of words and phrases considered obscene, or warning before enqueuing message

Chris Shaker, KJ7BLE hace 4 años actualizado hace 4 años 1

I'm a recent HAM, learning to use Winlink Express on Windows for ARES/Red Cross.

I sent a private Winlink message to my buddy, KB5ZVR, and I used the phrase 'Holy Shit' in my surprise that I got Winlink working on HF radio.

I was very surprised to have my message reported as being OBSCENE, and reported to 'amateur.abuse@arsfi.org'. The more I think about it, the more upset I am getting about this.

I went looking for Winlink Documentation that would have told me that 'Holy Shit' would get me in trouble. I see no such Documentation. Did I miss it somewhere?

As a retired software developer, it would seem fairly easy to leverage the spell checking code to do a profanity check on outgoing messages, and WARN users before letting them enqueue a message that will get them in trouble.

Is there a pointer to the code that does Profanity checking that I could look at, so I can at least see what words and phrases will get a Winlink user reported? Maybe I could write up some documentation for other users? Or, maybe I could modify the Winlink Express code to warn users about their word choice before they send a message that will get them reported???

Thank you,
Chris Shaker, KJ7BLE

I am assuming that the code that does the Profanity checking runs on Amazon AWS? If so, I have no idea what that code would be called, or if it is on GitHub. Clues appreciated.

I've seen some of the Winlink Express code on GitHub. I will take a look at that code now.

Thank you,
Chris Shaker, KJ7BLE