Yesterday’s Post, Spam Filters, and the Industry-That-Shall-not-be-Named

Yesterday I wrote a post about how a particular industry could address its pervasive trust problems.

I’m sure you’re familiar with this industry — if only because it is a notorious subject of email spam.

In fact, spam filters are so sensitive to mentions of this industry by name that several readers who subscribe to this blog by email have reported finding yesterday’s post quarantined by their spam filters.

In other words: if you subscribe by email, your spam filter may have protected you from yesterday’s post. You don’t need the protection!

Please read it directly at http://trustedadvisor.com/blog/153/

I’d welcome thoughts on how I can write about this particular industry, yet evade spam filters for my email subscribers.

Incidentally, the industry is not the one about "people not wearing clothes and being very friendly," nor the industry of restoring deposed African nobility with their vast fortunes. It is the other industry that spam filters love to hate. If you haven’t clicked on the link yet, any guesses on what the topic was?

Maybe if the industry gets trustworthy enough, even our spam filters will be able to trust it. That’d be good.

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