I recently spent a lot of time carefully crafting my post to get some great advice only to find that when I posted it I got a message that said the post triggered the spam filter and was not accepted. What’s up with that?
Help ?
I recently spent a lot of time carefully crafting my post to get some great advice only to find that when I posted it I got a message that said the post triggered the spam filter and was not accepted. What’s up with that?
Help ?
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Only the shadow knows. It's happened to me a couple of times. One p o o r way to get around it is to introduce spaces between letters of any w o r d s you think might be tripping the filter.
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What, are you some sort of East Coast preppie elete who thinks that just because YOUR daddy has mony, you shold get special treatment here???
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Excuse me? Was that reply a joke?
You don't laugh at Mollom, you cry.
Relax about the other guys.... they're just yankin' your chain.
The spam filter "Mollom" is drawn from the underworld and is prone to spasms, wretching, and fits of delirium. Even old farts like me have been vexed by it's wanton disregard for earnest.
If necessary just give it another go with a new post. Perhaps you'll catch it in a clearheaded moment.