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• Todd

  

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  He, he.  Looks like the new program code I installed yesterday did the trick.

  The slimy spammer tried to post his garbage four times under two different names early this morning and was denied by the system, like Magic Johnson stuffing a jump shot in the guy's face.

   

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• chippie

  

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  Get down with your bad self!

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• lottolaughs

  

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  Yes,and thank you! Those people are terrible. I mean after they see that their posts are being deleted they keep doing it? Worse than a telemarketer!
• Sandra Dee

  

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  Original Post by Todd

  He, he.  Looks like the new program code I installed yesterday did the trick.

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  real good "trick" you got there todd, it locked me out for hours!! and all i said was something about lay-gos <-- obviously that was a trigger word! i've learned my lesson .. i won't discuss any west afrikan country again! but great job .. i'm on the up and up and you blocked me so you have GOTS TO BE GOOD at your job ... you ole nerdy techie geek you!
• jackpotismine

  

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  In response to Todd

  Quote: Originally posted by Todd on May 21, 2008

  He, he.  Looks like the new program code I installed yesterday did the trick.

  The slimy spammer tried to post his garbage four times under two different names early this morning and was denied by the system, like Magic Johnson stuffing a jump shot in the guy's face.

  You are defintely a notch above everybody else. You get your hands dirty and get down to business and that's why your site is such a success and will continue to be. Maybe you should have it in different languages. Anyway, it's refreshing to not see those "spammers" post. Thanks for being so on top of the situation(s).

  

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• Todd

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Sandra Dee on May 21, 2008

  Original Post by Todd

  He, he.  Looks like the new program code I installed yesterday did the trick.

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  real good "trick" you got there todd, it locked me out for hours!! and all i said was something about lay-gos <-- obviously that was a trigger word! i've learned my lesson .. i won't discuss any west afrikan country again! but great job .. i'm on the up and up and you blocked me so you have GOTS TO BE GOOD at your job ... you ole nerdy techie geek you!

  Actually, that's not what triggered the lockout.

  It was caused by copying and pasting the quoted text in your reply, rather than clicking the checkbox.  (I recommend against trying to paste quoted text into a message, because someone who wants to see what you are replying to does not see the context in which the small amount of pasted text was in.)

  Part of the quoted text you are pasting is Original Post by Todd, and the "Todd" part is actually a link, not plain text.  So the spam filter thought you were attempting to spam the forums with a link.

  I have now "trained" the spam filter to know that such a link is not spam.  (It accepted this post of yours, even though it contains the "Original Post by..." link.)

  However, I still recommend marking the checkbox instead of pasting the text.  But you are free to decide what works best for you.

   

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• Todd

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by jackpotismine on May 21, 2008

  You are defintely a notch above everybody else. You get your hands dirty and get down to business and that's why your site is such a success and will continue to be. Maybe you should have it in different languages. Anyway, it's refreshing to not see those "spammers" post. Thanks for being so on top of the situation(s).

  

  Thank you, these hands are dirty indeed!  I may have different language versions one day, thanks for the input.

   

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• Raven62

  

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  At times useful information will become a Casualty of the Spam Filter and get Snipped:
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/175358/1034980

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• Shawn67

  

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  Thanks Todd, great job as usual!!

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• Todd

  

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  In response to Raven62

  Quote: Originally posted by Raven62 on May 21, 2008

  At times useful information will become a Casualty of the Spam Filter and get Snipped:
  
  https://www.lotterypost.com/thread/175358/1034980

  Actually, it worked perfectly in that case.  Thank you for pointing out the repeated spam attempt.

   

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• Stack47

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Todd on May 21, 2008

  Actually, that's not what triggered the lockout.

  It was caused by copying and pasting the quoted text in your reply, rather than clicking the checkbox.  (I recommend against trying to paste quoted text into a message, because someone who wants to see what you are replying to does not see the context in which the small amount of pasted text was in.)

  Part of the quoted text you are pasting is Original Post by Todd, and the "Todd" part is actually a link, not plain text.  So the spam filter thought you were attempting to spam the forums with a link.

  I have now "trained" the spam filter to know that such a link is not spam.  (It accepted this post of yours, even though it contains the "Original Post by..." link.)

  However, I still recommend marking the checkbox instead of pasting the text.  But you are free to decide what works best for you.

  I'm glad I read this because I usually check the quoted text and sometimes copy and paste the comments from the text that I"m addressing. I noticed the spam filter last night and it is a nice addition. 
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• Badger

  

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  Quote: Originally posted by Todd on May 21, 2008

  He, he.  Looks like the new program code I installed yesterday did the trick.

  The slimy spammer tried to post his garbage four times under two different names early this morning and was denied by the system, like Magic Johnson stuffing a jump shot in the guy's face.

  WAY TO GO, TODD!  He's insufferable. A real bad apple that one.

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