[Forum] Dial down the aggressive spam filter

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Gabe

Hey there,

I am a new user on the forum and I was replying to a thread earlier today. I was trying to embed a link, and the auto spam filter wasn't to happy about it :P

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Suggestion: review the copy of the message to be a bit less aggressive and maybe program the filter to accept links to other threads on this forum.

Cheers
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xCSxXenon

You just have to give it some time. I had the same thing, but after a couple hours and posts, it went away. You can just post the plaintext
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Gabe

You just have to give it some time. I had the same thing, but after a couple hours and posts, it went away. You can just post the plaintext xCSxXenon, 22 Sep 2019, 14:35
I know there are workarounds. My suggestion still stands. ;)
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jmsxl

Suggestion: review the copy of the message to be a bit less aggressive and maybe program the filter to accept links to other threads on this forum Gabe, 21 Sep 2019, 11:03
Agree. The assumption of guilt is wrong. And if the post truly is spam, do I think the spammer will read (or care) about this warning? I think not.
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Zenju

Thanks for reporting this bug, and for not taking the "spammer welcome speech" personally :D Issue has been fixed.
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Gabe

Thanks for reporting this bug, and for not taking the "spammer welcome speech" personally :D Issue has been fixed. Zenju, 22 Sep 2019, 21:15
No problem ;)
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bgstack15

I realize it takes a lot of work, but perhaps the filter could be modified to allow any internal links? The fellow was trying to link to another post on this forum.
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Zenju

I realize it takes a lot of work, but perhaps the filter could be modified to allow any internal links? The fellow was trying to link to another post on this forum. bgstack15, 23 Sep 2019, 12:10
Yes, this was the bug that I fixed.