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Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 3:54 pm
by barbaz
I can no longer use font color to make really important things stand out extra?
I had wanted to make the edit at the top of
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20062#p71752 a different color (specifically, bright red), but couldn't
Please restore the ability to use font color. I promise I won't abuse it.
TIA
Re: Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 4:40 pm
by therube
Seems to work for me?
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Re: Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 5:06 pm
by barbaz
I've read elsewhere on this forum that moderators aren't affected by most of the spam filter. Can you try it from a non-moderator account?
Also I tried it at the top of my post rather than the middle, and I didn't try to use bold as well.
ETA Let's see if I can post the same BBCode within code tags...
OK, so what I had tried first was basically:
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Color or Colour
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 8:16 pm
by therube_agone
from:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=20068
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No issues here, posting anon.
(originally posted in NoScript Support, as anon, then merged here)
I did need to enter the captcha (which basically blew me away, though it did accept a 3-char number).
Re: Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2014 11:56 pm
by barbaz
Thanks for checking.
Given that, I could only think of one possible reason for triggering the spam filter - so I decided to try changing my User-Agent to what you show on your anon post, Previewed a post with the "offending" BBCode (which didn't work before), and that got it. So I think I'll keep my UA for this site that way for a bit, if you don't mind 
So I guess what I'm requesting is: Please don't make the spam filter stricter on OpenBSD users. TIA
EDIT Nope, that's apparently not it - seems it's something about that specific post that, when combined with font color usage, makes it look like spam...
I'm still keeping the UA string for a bit though.
Re: Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 12:24 am
by barbaz
Looks like in any case, this issue is indeed a bug in the spam filter. From
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8586#p38046 :
Tom T. wrote:...Nor should a size or color tag, at least for registered users. There may be additional restrictions for guest posters in that regard, but I don't remember it coming up as an issue.
Re: Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 2:46 am
by barbaz
Still broken.
Giorgio, I know that my ability to post colorful things on your board isn't your highest priority, but any news?
Re: Font color triggers spam filter
Posted: Sun Oct 05, 2014 4:38 pm
by barbaz
Not an issue as a moderator...
(or was there a change in spam filter?)
So, I think it's resolved for me, at least...