Well this is new...
I don't post much so I don't know when this started but my replies are now requiring moderation before they are visible.
I don't think I misbehaved... or did I?
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Well this is new...
I don't post much so I don't know when this started but my replies are now requiring moderation before they are visible.
I don't think I misbehaved... or did I?
I saw this too the other day.......my reply never showed up either.
Maybe its based on a minimum number of posts?
Well it's something new as I have been able to post in the past.
That time it worked just fine...
Shouldn't be happening. I think it's possible something with the group permissions got changed when trying to deal with the spam.
I'll look into this tomorrow and make sure they're all correct.
I made a post this afternoon and simply mentioned a site with user manual that might have helped the person trying to set up his ATA.
A screen came up indicating that it would be moderated before allowing it to post.
It never did post..although subsequent posts did.
It's frustrating when you spent several minutes banging out a reply only to have the post end up in moderation never-land.
Perhaps I should first write the post in MS Word...
I believe all the legit posts are now approved (and the thousands of pending spam posts are gone).
We've also blocked all non-US IPs from the forums since we don't offer service outside of the US anyway. If someone legit is traveling, they can always contact support to have their IP "whitelisted". Overall this should cut way down on spam since almost all of it was from non-US IPs.
I started a new Off Topic thread and it is held in moderation.
This reply to this thread was immediate.
I guess me new post will never appear?
I posted a FCC report on VOIP penetration a few days ago and was told it had to be approved, it hasn't shown up yet.
My permissions got fixed and I suspect I can make new posts (have not tried.) The previous attempts seem to have been lost as near as I can tell.
looks like it is happening again
genxweb
Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting.
This is nuts!
Mods- has anyone approached vBulletin about this yet?
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...proved+posting.
Also
"Go to:
admincp > usergroups > usergroup manager > registered users
scroll to the bottom of the permissions page and you'll see "Groups Permissions"
Select "Yes" where it reads: Follow Group Message Moderation Rules
If no, messages are always placed into moderation queue "
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...roved+posting.
"Go to:
admincp > usergroups > usergroup manager > registered users
scroll to the bottom of the permissions page and you'll see "Groups Permissions"
Select "Yes" where it reads: Follow Group Message Moderation Rules
If no, messages are always placed into moderation queue "
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...proved+posting.
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...roved+posting.
"Go to:
admincp > usergroups > usergroup manager > registered users
scroll to the bottom of the permissions page and you'll see "Groups Permissions"
Select "Yes" where it reads: Follow Group Message Moderation Rules
If no, messages are always placed into moderation queue "
I see my post did make it to the site though :)
Tim,
Have you looked at User Group permissions?
Do you use a spam filtering addon to VBulletin? These can flag posts based on the IP used.
This continues to be a problem on this forum. The settings are too restrictive. I had another post moderated.
This weekend was especially bad for spammers over on a forum I help admin...
We finally just disabled new registrations for a while to keep it down...
One thing you could do is not allow the page to load from someone using its IP address. Make the use of the dns name mandatory. Use vhosts and send the ip to blank page. Im pushing my forum group to do this also...
Of coarse you can check this by changing the ip address of the forum and see if the spam subsides for a bit till the bots find it again...
Well this is just wrong... I spent 2+ hours writing out some 'how to guides' only to have them go into moderation hell.
I tried to post a guide on how to wire your whole house to your VoIP adapter... after I got the moderation message I decided not to post my other how to guides.
The others were on twisted pair wiring and their color code, VoIP and security systems, and VoIP and 911.
I can't get a 'how to guide' posted but every spamer in Russia can open a new thread. :mad:
A message I posted yesterday got the "moderation" message and never got posted yet another (in the same thread) posted fine.
Each message is analyzed by the software/spam service individually and flagged or not flagged so in that case it didn't like something in one of your messages, but did the other. The one it didn't like is pending for us to approve.
I know the posting delay is a hassle sometimes when it gets a false positive but you'd be amazed how much legit spam it does pick up. We could have several full-time employees deleting SPAM all day if we didn't use it.
This was the message that was flagged (and it had a quote of VoipoBrandon's message in it): "Hmmm, I wonder: My FALLOVER number is my cell phone. I wonder if there is any connection there?"
Look at this message (#11 which was flagged): http://forums.voipo.com/showthread.p...5596#post25596
And then look at the next message #12 which was not flagged.
My reply to you (previous message) was "tagged for moderation" ... it's still hidden as I type this one. But will this be tagged ... let's see.
No it wasn't. It seems every message I post with a "quote" in it is flagged,
This is getting old! Maybe consider countryblock or something similar on the server?? There are addons to other forums that make signups by these bots close to impossible. Im curious if they exist for these guys also...Quote:
Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting.
I had one posted to the BYOD forum about a week ago still waiting to be "approved". I guess its lost in Digital Disneyland.
***Update 12/26 - I see it now but it did take several days before it was moderated and allowed to be posted.
just FYI... I just wrote a fairly lengthy post that went into moderation... :(
And I just had a short post with no URLs go into moderation. Strange.