[Forum] Dial down the aggressive spam filter

[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

[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

[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

I know there are workarounds. My suggestion still stands. ;)

[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

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.

[Zenju]

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

[Gabe]

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

No problem ;)

[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.

[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.

Yes, this was the bug that I fixed.