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| jcalderone |
 Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:15 am Post subject: Can't post first message |
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Hi,
I'm trying to post my first message to the forum (it will end up being my second now, assuming this post succeeds) and I've run into a problem. The post is rejected with this message:
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You must have 1 posts before you can post URL's/Links.
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I've tried twice with the same results each time.
The part where this is a problem is the part where my post does not include any URLs or links. If I manage to post the message after posting this one, I'll reply with a link to the post, which I will leave unmodified from the version which was rejected. |
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| jcalderone |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:20 am Post subject: |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:27 am Post subject: |
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This is not a problem but a feature. A lot of spammers join & make a post with spurious, malicious or inappropriate links in them. So by insisting that only the 2nd & subsequent posts can have links we knock out the bots and the script kiddies.
It may sound stupid but it's been surprisingly effective.
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| jcalderone |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:28 am Post subject: |
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| That makes sense and seems like a good idea. The trouble is that nothing in the post I linked to looks like a link, at least to me. I think the link detector has a false positive in it somewhere. |
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:38 am Post subject: |
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| jcalderone wrote: |
| That makes sense and seems like a good idea. I think the link detector has a false positive in it somewhere. |
I'll draw it to the attention of the powers that be.
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| Mehrdad |
| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| jcalderone wrote: |
| That makes sense and seems like a good idea. The trouble is that nothing in the post I linked to looks like a link, at least to me. I think the link detector has a false positive in it somewhere. |
you are probably right. i looked over the logic and mapped it against your code , can't see what is triggering it. it is possible that combinations of several special characters in succession is being treated like ' it smells like a link'  |
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