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jcalderone
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:15 am    Post subject: Can't post first message Reply with quote

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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.


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
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Here's the post: http://www.mqseries.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51420
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Vitor
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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
PostPosted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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
PostPosted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 12:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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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