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Forum email options not saved

15-Jun-15 6:38

The email service stopped without auto-restarting. Kicked.

cheers

Chris Maunder

Richard Deeming9-Jun-15 7:50

Richard Deeming

9-Jun-15 7:50

I turned off forum email notifications some time ago. Until earlier today, the settings were saved every time I posted a new message.

Now, every time I post a message, I have to remember to un-tick both "E-mail me if someone replies to this message" and "Allow private email replies to this message".

Can we have the old behaviour back please!

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Re: Forum email options not saved

Richard Deeming9-Jun-15 8:01

Richard Deeming

9-Jun-15 8:01

And now they are saved. D'Oh! | :doh:

One of the hamsters must have nodded off for a few minutes.

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Re: Forum email options not saved

Chris Maunder15-Jun-15 6:37

Two members with the same member name, but a different capitalization

15-Jun-15 6:37

We'll switch back to the espresso-based pellets.

cheers

Chris Maunder

Thomas Daniels9-Jun-15 5:09

Thomas Daniels

9-Jun-15 5:09

I found this bug based on this spam report[^].

This member[^] (well, spammer, actually :P) has MayankTripathi as username. However, there is also a member that has the member name mayankTripathi[^], and when you click on the @-link on the spammer's profile, you get redirected to the profile of the other member.

To me, it looks like a bug that it's possible to have two members with a username that's the same aside from capitalization. Can you please take a look at it?

The quick brown ProgramFOX jumps right over the Lazy<Dog>.

Re: Two members with the same member name, but a different capitalization

Richard Deeming9-Jun-15 5:22

Richard Deeming

9-Jun-15 5:22

I thought this sounded familiar! Smile | :)

Duplicate username[^] (23 September 2014)
Member profiles cross-linked[^] (8 January 2015)

"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer

Accidental spam report

CHill609-Jun-15 3:50

CHill60

9-Jun-15 3:50

I mistakenly marked this member[^] (Not the one in the post below) as a Spammer Blush | :O

Totally unintended (hit wrong tab in browser). Could the report be removed please

Re: Accidental spam report

Chris Maunder15-Jun-15 6:33

Re: Accidental spam report

15-Jun-15 6:33

I've removed the report.

cheers

Chris Maunder

CHill6015-Jun-15 7:00

CHill60

15-Jun-15 7:00

Thanks

Hardly a spammer, or?

Jörgen Andersson9-Jun-15 3:20

Jörgen Andersson

9-Jun-15 3:20

Avijnata[^] has been voted off as a spammer, Shirley that can't be correct, or?

Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello

Nish Nishant9-Jun-15 3:25

Nish Nishant

9-Jun-15 3:25

I agree. I've asked about it in the Lounge (direct reply to Griff who was one of the 3 people that reported him).

Regards,
Nish

Website: www.voidnish.com
Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

Richard MacCutchan9-Jun-15 3:52

Richard MacCutchan

9-Jun-15 3:52

I also reported him, according to his profile, but I cannot find the original entry in the Spam forum that I responded to. The problem is that we generally accept the word of the person who posts the original report, but most of the time the offending message(s) is not viewable.

Nish Nishant9-Jun-15 3:54

Nish Nishant

9-Jun-15 3:54

If you go through his history, whether articles or forum posts, he seems to be a very nice chap. I think he was unfairly removed over some possible misreporting.

Regards,
Nish

Website: www.voidnish.com
Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

Richard MacCutchan9-Jun-15 4:08

Richard MacCutchan

9-Jun-15 4:08

I agree, but I still cannot find the original message that reported him. Let's hope Chris can do the magic.

Nish Nishant9-Jun-15 4:34

Nish Nishant

9-Jun-15 4:34

This is a rather unprofessional workflow though. If he was using his real name, now he has a public profile on CP visible to current and future employers that lists him as a spammer (when he is not). This is also risky for CP because there might be someone unfairly removed who might sue CP for character defamation. Unsure | :~

Regards,
Nish

Website: www.voidnish.com
Blog: voidnish.wordpress.com

P0mpeyBoy9-Jun-15 4:44

P0mpeyBoy

9-Jun-15 4:44

Nish Nishant wrote:
he seems to be a very nice chap.

I can vouch for that.

Amarnath S9-Jun-15 22:24

Amarnath S

9-Jun-15 22:24

Thanks.

Hope I live to these words Smile | :)

Possible SPAM filter issue

Amarnath S9-Jun-15 22:22

Amarnath S

9-Jun-15 22:22

Thanks, Jorgen.

Restored.

ZurdoDev9-Jun-15 2:17

ZurdoDev

9-Jun-15 2:17

A couple of times recently I have received the email notification that someone replied to my comment. When I click the link, their message is not there. However, a few hours to a day later the message does show. I imagine this may be the SPAM filter/moderator queue holding it.

I realize it may mean a big change in code but it would be helpful to receive email notifications of replies to our comments after the spam filter/moderator queue has done its thing.

I don't have any specific examples, this just seems to be the likely cause of what's happening.

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

R.Abbott9-Jun-15 21:52

R.Abbott

9-Jun-15 21:52

Ryan,

Yes, I am having a wonderful time as well with this CP system.

Last night I posted a message in reply to Mark in the SB1.0, the CP system decided that my post is to be "Not Publicly Visible". After some considerable while of inactivity (something like 20 minutes) by the CodeProject system, I decided to try to delete that posting and re-issue that posting. NOT the first time this has happened, as Maunder knows only too well - there is email correspondence with him that exists.

The next thing is I get an email from CodeProject telling me that my account is closed accusing me and labelling me a SPAMMER. I looked at my CP profile page and saw that @PIEBALDconsult had marked the account as a SPAMMER.

Frankly I am NOT amused and greatly offended.

I fired off an email to our dear leader - @chris-maunder - copied to SB1.0 Administrator - @Gary-Kirkham - thus far I have not had a reply from either - too soon to expect a reply I suspect.

I will not be re-applying to join SB1.0 with this account but I will await Maunder to re-open my account that was shut. If Maunder won't re-open that account, then my days of enjoyment with CodeProject will be at an end.

Richard A. Abbott

ZurdoDev10-Jun-15 1:43

ZurdoDev

10-Jun-15 1:43

I have seen quite a few people complain that the moderation queue is way too fatal. I'm guessing whatever your message was, piebaldConsult did not notice that it was in the Soapbox.

R.Abbott wrote:
then my days of enjoyment with CodeProject will be at an end.

No, say it aint so. Thumbs Down | :thumbsdown:

There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

R.Abbott10-Jun-15 2:14

R.Abbott

10-Jun-15 2:14

Ryan,

I am of the opinion that many of our CP Protectors have an itchy trigger finger. Of course I reserve the right to modify that statement if that proves to be incorrect.

There is nothing in my postings that should give CodeProject any concerns.

RyanDev wrote:
No, say it aint so.

Alas, at my age, I have no intentions of jumping through totally and completely unnecessary hoops.

Chris Maunder10-Jun-15 3:28

10-Jun-15 3:28

I was nearly awake at 4AM to answer this - but not quite.

There are two separate issues here.

Our spam filter was twitchy after we moved hosting providers. We think it's well on its way to learning better manners. However, it's not our spam filter that marks people as spammers, it's people who mark people as spammers. Our spam filter merely acts as a safety mechanism to stop the spam attacks that were debilitating. However, if someone marks a pending post as spam then it's their call, and people do make honest mistakes.
Our Protectors have the ability to close an account with one shot. We choose our protectors carefully and make it clear they need to be extremely careful. People make mistakes though.

I don't know whether PIEBALDconsult closed your account by marking your pending message as spam, or by voting you a spammer directly (I can check, but it's a moot point given that I've already approached him directly)

In the meantime your account as been re-instated.

cheers

Chris Maunder