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kanaloa
John C. Derrick

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:20 pm

Founder

Joined: 09 Mar 2002
Posts: 43433
Location: Columbia, SC

Effective today: 07/23/2007
Updated: 09/24/07

I have not yet implemented this mod, but will shortly. This is effective immediately once the mod is installed.

Anti-Spam: Only Active Members Can Post URLs

-Members must be registered for at least 1 day and have more than 3 posts before they can post URLs. Guest user can never post URLs.

This is to help cut down on the amount of SPAM posts PRO-networks is receiving daily. No sense wasting our staff's limited time moderating only these annoying posts.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

-John Derrick

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jojo
JoAnn Kosowan

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:00 pm

Management
Administrative

Joined: 06 May 2002
Posts: 12658
Location: Alberta, Canada

Yeah!!!

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Grav!ty
Graham Massey

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:36 pm

Vice President
Operations

Joined: 14 Sep 2004
Posts: 20784
Location: Johannesburg

That will definitely help...thank you John thumbsup

Since adding the list of email addresses to the banned list there has been a slowdown - only 9 spammers since the 17th and we'd been averaging about 16 for similar periods.

I think this mod of yours will cut that if not completely, then significantly smilenod

I'll clean up there in the early hours of tomorrow morning so that we can monitor it easily.

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kanaloa
John C. Derrick

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:37 pm

Founder

Joined: 09 Mar 2002
Posts: 43433
Location: Columbia, SC

It's done

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kanaloa
John C. Derrick

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:46 pm

Founder

Joined: 09 Mar 2002
Posts: 43433
Location: Columbia, SC

I just tested it... it's definitely working. Blocks html, normal text links, and even bbcode links.

That'll block any linked images as well. If images still appear (and they likely won't without a link) then we'll disable images too.

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augie
Algis Koscus

Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:23 pm

Management
Community Discussion

Joined: 25 Aug 2002
Posts: 17568
Location: Laurentians, Quebec

Oh yea!!!! energetic