[scott_s]

That's so surprising I tried to find evidence of it online, but I couldn't. Partly because "index.php" is such a common thing that Google won't use it for a search term, which is ironic. Can you point to anything corroborating that?

[cryptoz]

There are a whole bunch of banned words. There used to be a whole slew of sites that indexed all of the things Microsoft wouldn't let you talk about. Here's an article about it in the Inquirer: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1041509/microsofts-...

Edit: that article appears to be mostly user names. Here's a forum thread to get you started: http://www.amsn-project.net/forums/index.php?topic=157.0

[seabee]

MSN has also banned messages containing certain TLDs e.g. '.info' and '.cx'. http://yoast.com/microsoft-censoring-info-domains-in-msn-mes...

[scott_s]

Thanks, interesting - all I found in my searches where the user name bans, which are standard.

This is different from what Apple is doing, as it seems to be file-name based, to avoid phishing. I still think it's completely misguided.

[StavrosK]

> Four letter words of a naughty nature are also banned, as well as contentious areas of the world like Scunthorpe.

That is hilarious.

[MatthewPhillips]

https://www.google.com/search?q=msn+messenger+censor&aq=...

[Too]

I think that's supposed to be download.php, not index.php. At least that's what I've experienced. (this was several years ago btw)

[cryptoz]

Hm, maybe it was download.php. Now I'm not sure.

[devcpp]

Both work for me.

[cryptoz]

Well, yes. I think this particular censorship was in place over a decade ago and I doubt it's still active.