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Have you had problems posting messages because of this filter?

Yes: 1; 20%

No: 4; 80%

: Total votes: 5

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Testing SPAM Filter

by beatthegmat » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:38 pm

In an effort to fight SPAM, I'm testing a new Akismet SPAM Filter MOD for this forum. Let me know whether you guys are experiencing any problems...

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by beatthegmat » Sun Apr 29, 2007 5:19 pm

Okay, so Akismet MOD doesn't appear to be working yet. Doing some troubleshooting over the next few days...

Thanks for your patience!

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by beatthegmat » Sun Apr 29, 2007 9:05 pm

Okay, Akismet appears to be working--let me know if you guys are having problems!

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by beatthegmat » Mon Apr 30, 2007 3:07 pm

I got some feedback from a moderator that one of her posts was blocked by the Akismet spam filter.

Still trying to figure out what had happened. Just as a heads up to the community, we suspect that it had something to do with the URLs she had included in her post.

Spam posts tend to have a lot of URLs listed in a single post, so keep that in mind when you are writing your own posts...

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by beatthegmat » Tue May 01, 2007 10:02 pm

I heard one incident today that someone had a problem registering. Don't hesitate to contact me via e-mail if you encounter these problems!

Despite the problems here and there, I think that this SPAM filter is performing fairly well!

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by beatthegmat » Fri May 04, 2007 9:08 am

I've only seen one spam post in the last 5 days!

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by beatthegmat » Tue May 08, 2007 12:53 pm

One more reminder. Please let me know if you're having problems with the SPAM filter. It's a little buggy, but so far very effective--however, it's important for me to know that it's not inhibiting your interaction with the community!

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by aim-wsc » Tue May 08, 2007 11:13 pm

this sucks big time not more than one link? huh!

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by aim-wsc » Tue May 08, 2007 11:20 pm

aim-wsc wrote:this sucks big time not more than one link? huh!

and what if I post a single internal link here

result: negative!
not even internal links are allowed...

I havent tested this on other forum areas...
but I think should give some greater access to Monitors since they would suggest other members some informative links... internal or external...

I wont be here to test this spam blocker ... but it seems that this idiot is not allowing me to post a single url...

good that I am away

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by beatthegmat » Wed May 09, 2007 2:28 pm

Yeah, I'm working on creating exceptions for Monitors. This will take some time...

Thanks for the feedback.

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Testing links

by beatthegmat » Wed May 09, 2007 2:29 pm

aim-wsc wrote:
aim-wsc wrote:this sucks big time not more than one link? huh!
and what if I post a single internal link here

result: negative!
not even internal links are allowed...

I havent tested this on other forum areas...
but I think should give some greater access to Monitors since they would suggest other members some informative links... internal or external...

I wont be here to test this spam blocker ... but it seems that this idiot is not allowing me to post a single url... good that I am away

Testing multiple links:

https://www.beatthegmat.com/viewtopic.php?p=10484#10484
https://www.beatthegmat.com
https://beatthegmat.blocked
https://www.beatthegmat.com/wiki/

Seems to work okay...

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Update

by beatthegmat » Wed May 09, 2007 2:38 pm

Quick update:

I'm speaking to a developer friend about this. I think I have a solution that may allow certain users to post without going through the spam filter...

Thanks for your patience!

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by beatthegmat » Thu May 10, 2007 2:27 pm

Another update:

I've turned off the SPAM filter temporarily. I've got a few ideas on how to improve this implementation...

Thanks for your patience. We might see some more SPAM over the next few days, but hang in there!

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by beatthegmat » Sat May 12, 2007 9:32 pm

I've installed a new spam filter...PLEASE let me know if you encounter problems!

Thanks!

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by beatthegmat » Wed May 16, 2007 9:38 am

I see that the spam filter is still acting a little fishy for some folks. Hang on folks, I'm working out the kinks still!

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