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someone wrote:

>[homepage on IO]
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>BTW, did you hear that IO got on the SurfWatch "bad list" because there
>were more than 25 complaints about objectionable material in the io.com
>domain.  (Apparently, when SurfWatch hears more than 25 complaints
>against a particular domain, the just deny access to the whole domain
>rather than particular URLs.)

A quick phone call to the Surf Watch people revealed that they rarely 
block whole domains, and that they are not currently blocking all of 
io.com. 

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mutant@compuville.com writes:
 > >BTW, did you hear that IO got on the SurfWatch "bad list" ...
 > 
 > A quick phone call to the Surf Watch people revealed that they rarely 
 > block whole domains, and that they are not currently blocking all of 
 > io.com. 

Yup, seems it was a flase alarm.  Sorry gang.

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