Please remember, one of the most popular spammer terms is Cialis, so I have no choice but to block it. Unfortunately, that means the filter will stop the word “socialist” and “socialism” as well. So be creative. I noticed several comments failed to get through last night because of this.
Update: “Specialist,” too — as I just found out for myself. I am not good with technology. If anyone can tell me how to fix this problem while filtering out messages for Cialis I’ll be grateful.
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By David F.
Can you tell it to block a string including the spaces at each end of the word? That way, the software ought to distinguish between “c*al*s” and “soc*al*st”.
April 25, 2005 @ 4:55 pm | Comment
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By richard
David, I don’t think MT Blacklist is that sophisticated. I’ll try, but I’m skeptical. Thanks.
April 25, 2005 @ 5:41 pm | Comment
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By jacky
richard, what is the c-word? couldn’t find it in the dic.
April 25, 2005 @ 7:02 pm | Comment
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By richard
c-i-a-l-i-s is a popular drug for male erectile dysfunction, like v-i-a-g-r-a.
April 25, 2005 @ 7:03 pm | Comment
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By dave
a regexp[1] like \b[cC]ialis\b should catch it. The ‘\b’s represent the breaks between words.
[1] REGular EXPression.
April 25, 2005 @ 10:18 pm | Comment
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By boo
Have you considered implementing TypeKey
or
Captcha?
April 25, 2005 @ 10:55 pm | Comment
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By Filthy Stinking No.9
Well, we could just solve the problem by using another of their names: “idiots”
April 26, 2005 @ 1:39 am | Comment
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By bellevue
useful idiots – Joseph Stalin
April 26, 2005 @ 5:49 am | Comment
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By richard
Boo, yes I’ve considered it, but it’s a pain for my readers, I’m afraid.
April 26, 2005 @ 8:23 am | Comment
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By jacky
I wonder whether I ought to be flattered or pat my own back for having not heard of or being sent any ad on the c-thingy till today?
But alas, I have heard of V, so that has kinda spoil my ‘virgin’ record.
April 26, 2005 @ 6:18 pm | Comment
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By richard
You’re obviously not in America, Jacky. Ads for c-i-alis are all over TV; unlike the blue V pill, c-i-alis supposedly works for a full 36 hours.
April 26, 2005 @ 6:21 pm | Comment
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By jacky
36 hrs!!! I’ll subscribe.
Or, perhaps we ought to send complimentray packets to the Chinese demonstrators and those Japanese right wing kingmakers – and hopefully throw both parties into bed together, and while we are at it, maybe dump John Bolton and a few of the ayatollahs into the orgy.
We may have a more peaceful world then.
April 27, 2005 @ 5:28 pm | Comment