Spam filter is over-reacting

Submitted by matt2000 on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 01:15

I'm unable to post legit responses to forum topics due to the spam filter triggering. No captcha in sight either.

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Submitted by Ryan on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 16:14.

Curious... it's just a

Curious... it's just a standard use of Mollom. I'll make sure we're up to date here. fwiw, I do delete posts from anonymous users myself that spam links in their site addresses. Mollom doesn't seem to catch those yet, but I can't imagine that would affect other users posting.

I'll look at just making authenticated users post-able and CAPTCHA protect the registration form... see if that works fair enough for stopping real spam from getting through.

Submitted by matt2000 on Mon, 05/10/2010 - 16:55.

IIRC, there's an option in

IIRC, there's an option in mollom whether suspected spam should be automatically rejected, or whether captcha should be presented. You just need to flip that switch, and it would be tolerable.