CBC’s spam filter launches Monday and IT staff say it should all but eliminate “false positives” – those valid emails inadvertently blocked by the system. Messages sent from legitimate sources will now get through, which should spell relief for reporters working on stories requiring reference to words that might otherwise trigger the filter.

Needless to say, I get a lot of spam at the email address of this blog. But this morning, I found one that usuallly accurate in its targeting:

To TV Channel
President of the TV B.O.D.

Dear Sirs,

I send you my offer for 410 documentaries to your TV channel for a period of ten years. Samples can be sending on request. Available format is MPEG-II and texts in TXT, also many others format.

I think that the most value of my work is that can be used as DOC-wedges in gaps to the normal channel flow for a long period. I hope to have long term cooperation on these and other works.

Then followed a list of more than 400 short documentary works, such as:

• Roman History Caesars and Coins 11:10
• Roman Emperors Portrait Sculptures 13:01
• Sumo in ancient Greece 2:2
• Ancient Chinese war machines 7:22
• Ancient Greek Sculptures 8:25

Passionate Eye, are you listening?…