Spam Filter blocking links

Err · Post by **Err** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:03 pm

I tried to post links to items on newegg today and the Spam filter came up. One I removed the links, it went away.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 12:58 pm

Email me the links if you still have them. I can file a support ticket. Last time they offered to setup exceptions if we had issues.

Try using a URL shortener service like bit.ly.

I use a shortener service that has a Firefox plugin. If I right click on the URL it makes a shortened URL and puts it in th clipboard.

Err · Post by **Err** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 1:48 pm

FlyingPenguin wrote:Email me the links if you still have them. I can file a support ticket. Last time they offered to setup exceptions if we had issues.

Try using a URL shortener service like bit.ly.

I use a shortener service that has a Firefox plugin. If I right click on the URL it makes a shortened URL and puts it in th clipboard.

I no loner have the links but I'll try the shortener.

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 2:36 pm

I use the URL Shrink Easy add-on for Firefox:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefo ... rink-easy/

Newegg links shouldn't be blocked - I posts Newegg links all the time - BUT it's possible you went to a NewEgg page via an affiliate link that had some Spammy text in the URL.

I also noticed that yesterday morning the Forbidden error page was coming up when just reading trying to open a sub-forum. I at first suspected a spammy link has somehow been posted without tripping the filter, and then the filter was blocking it from being viewed, but it eventually fixed itself, so it must have been some kind of error on the server.

Err · Post by **Err** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 3:42 pm

Thanks