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This is getting very annoying, and I may stop visiting the site if it doesn't stop soon!  Although, I should be mad at the spam filter service, they seem to think anything with a link is spam. GRRRRRRRRR!
Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
Dave Barry
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Zac Greve wrote: Although, I should be mad at the spam filter service, they seem to think
anything with a link is spam.
Yes, it seems the whole service is written in 1 single line of code which is an if-check to see if a post contains a link.
My main account is now totally locked out. I can't log in either. I've emailed Chris and Sean but it's posisble they won't see this until Monday.
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It's been turned off.
An update reinstated the filter so I've nuked the spam system at the source.
My apologies.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Yay!  
Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
Dave Barry
Read more at BrainyQuote[ ^]
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I'm sure posting that seemed helpful.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Could you put the original poster name and at its side the name of the last CPian which has updated the question? this could help to easily identify those trolls who repost the same question with different titles...
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Good idea - there is enough room on the summary page to put the two ID's one above the other.
0 2 Subject of question User name posted date and time
answers views Tags User name modified data and time
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OriginalGriff wrote: modified data
Well, yes, the data is modified, but would the time really help with that? 
Bill Gates is a very rich man today... and do you want to know why? The answer is one word: versions.
Dave Barry
Read more at BrainyQuote[ ^]
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Perhaps I meant time since post rather than date and time - I'm just so used to timestamping my data that calling it that becomes a habit! 
Just added it in because the existing data is the time since modification which is only relevant when it's the original poster that modified it - if I change it, then that doesn't add anything in the way of info.
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There is a forum for reporting them: http://www.codeproject.com/Forums/1652005/Spam-and-Abuse-Watch.aspx[^]
When you do, please give a link to the member, and the spam - that way others can check it isn't some aggrieved member being unpleasant and the spamming member gets squashed quicker.
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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You're welcome!
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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I know it's a bit draconian, but...
How about you need a minimum appropriate rep to post a link?
So for the lounge, you need 200 debator points, for QA, you need 200 authority.
It would discourage the spammers, as they would have to make a useful contribution before they could spam the site...
Ideological Purity is no substitute for being able to stick your thumb down a pipe to stop the water
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How about people who sign up to ask a question and want to illustrate it with a link to a image.
Or it's a html question and they post the troubling code that contains a URL.
I think a suggestion like this has been made before but can't remember what the response was.
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Was the response "Seems to work fone on SO"?
Because this pretty much is how SO stops spammers. A newbie who has a legitimate reason to post a link/image is quickly voted up to give him the required rep to post it.
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New members could still be allowed to post 'raw' URLs to their code/images.
One of these days I'm going to think of a really clever signature.
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OriginalGriff wrote: It would discourage the spammers, as they would have to make a useful contribution before they could spam the site...
No it won't. It will simply make them change their message. I could remove live links and just display the URL of the link. That would still allow them to get traffic. I could then, more sensibly, remove anything that looks like a link in a message. So "Buy my product at www.scam-o-matic.com" would become "Buy my product at [removed]".
At which point the spammers would just use "Buy my product at www .scam-o-matic.com" (or www dot scam-o-matic dot com or whatever).
Remember: it's free for them to post spam. They use actual people who I assume get paid pennies. They go on volume and even if they get a few clicks, no matter how convoluted, they win. Further, they are after search engine results. They just want their product or site appearing in search results as a branding exercise. So maybe the links aren't clickable, but a reader has heard of them and that provides a small hint of legitimacy for them next time a reader stumbles across their name or site.
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Good point. But I assume the people who are posting it are paid as piecework - if so, they aren't going to want to check back to see if the link worked, or waste any time in getting the drivel posted. Just making it harder for them should mean they go dump their rubbish somewhere else...which is a very immoral way to do things now I come to think about it.
Dammit!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Just making it harder for them should mean they go dump their rubbish somewhere else
Remember that in making it hard for spammers you can also make it hard for regular posters. I'm not going to spoil it for the 99.9%
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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When someone replies to your post, the notification alert appears after a refresh. However, if you reply to someone's reply, the notification should really be removed. Not sure how easy it is to implement this, but I figured I'd throw it out there.
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Yes - linking these things up is possible but a lot more work. We just wanted to get the basics done first
cheers,
Chris Maunder
The Code Project | Co-founder
Microsoft C++ MVP
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Looks like almost a whole day without a bug to report.
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