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URL problem

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 12:46 pm
by Locked by LRC
I was trying to update the Common Term and ran into a problem. I got the following message at the top when I tried to edit it;

"Your message contains too many URLs. The maximum number of URLs allowed is 2."

Is this something new or is it something you can change. CT&A has a lot of URL's

Re: URL problem

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 4:06 pm
by Tom Allen
Dang. I changed this a while back to help cut back on the spam messages. Generally, people are not posting more than one or two links, and spammers often post dozens.

How about if you post the message, and then go back and edit the URLs afterward? Have you tried that?
Edit: I just tried it, and even as an Admin it won't let me. I'll look at this later when I'm on a real pc instead of the tablet. Maybe we'll have to coordinate it so I change it, you do the update, and then I change it back.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2012 6:49 pm
by Atone
Outsmarted ourselves.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 9:14 am
by Tom Allen
Okay, I opened up the throttle. I'll leave it open unless I see that there's a problem with spammers again.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 2:22 pm
by Locked by LRC
It really makes me feel good when I'm treated like a spammer :shock:

Thanks, for changing that and I have the editing done.

Now that I'm only doing updates, I occasionally do updates with URL's. What I don't know is if I add something without an URL if it would have let me do that.

If you want, you could change the settings back and when I need to add a URL I could just let you know.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 6:58 pm
by Atone
Locked by LRC wrote:It really makes me feel good when I'm treated like a spammer :shock:
we should lock you up and throw away the key :)

Re: URL problem

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 7:02 pm
by Tom Allen
Locked by LRC wrote:It really makes me feel good when I'm treated like a spammer :shock:
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Well, even as an Admin I can't make those changes, either.

I'm going to leave the settings the way they are, unless we see that we need to change them back to ward off the spammers. You're doing a good job with the list, so we'll do what we can on the back end to help out.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:12 pm
by Atone
Tom Allen wrote: I'm going to leave the settings the way they are, unless we see that we need to change them back to ward off the spammers.
Just logged in and there were 10 spam messages in the queue (1hr since it was cleared). 9 of them had more than 2 URL's in the message, the 10th one only had two.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 9:40 am
by Tom Allen
Atone wrote:Just logged in and there were 10 spam messages in the queue (1hr since it was cleared). 9 of them had more than 2 URL's in the message, the 10th one only had two.
I've already deleted 120+ this morning. I don't know if it's a coincidence or what.

Re: URL problem

Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 10:46 am
by Atone
Maybe all the spammers are back after their Christmas break.