We Get E-Mail

We sometimes get odd e-mail here in the News and Media Relations Bureau. Today's noteworthy UCE is for Agricultural Weather Analysis:

We’ve added significant functionality to [PRODUCT NAME REDACTED]. It now includes:

• Crop yield mapping, including historical and forecast maps
• Expert commentary on agriculture and weather risks
• USDA crop condition and progress charts
• Observed and forecast weather maps

Benefits
This critical agriculture information is easy to find and updated with analysis throughout the day. Best of all, it’s free. [EMPHASIS ORIGINAL]

Free!

Did you know the Federal Trade Commission has a SPAM page?

Technical Note

On October 7, we received a "potential spam blog" notice from Google Blogger, and users coming to the page had to navigate past a warning screen. Apparently we passed the Turing Test, because by this morning the warning screen (and notice on the Blogger dashboard) had disappeared.

Teething Pains

We received this little billet doux this morning from Google Blogger: "Your blog at: http://fordhamnotes.blogspot.com/ has been identified as a potential spam blog. To correct this, please request a review by filling out the form at http://etc…"

So for those of you who've had to click past a warning screen this morning, we apologize. We'll resume our regular programming as soon as Google wetware gets to our account.