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But it seems like basically all of them have one thing in common.
The same line repeats twenty or so times.
The spam filter might be in the need of a tiny tweak?
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See thread below. They are posting normal messages and then editing it a few minutes later and updating with the spam content.
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Yes I saw it, and while I haven't seen it happen myself, it makes sense.
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With the actual Korean spam run the spammers seem to circumvent the filter by posting a meaningless message and editing it afterwards. I recognised this a few times when entering/reloading a forum and there was a new message with random characters in subject and body which turns into a spam message shortly thereafter.
I don't know if it is possible but it would help when edited messages have to pass the filter too.
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We've fixed that little loophole.
More proof that spam isn't by bots.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I comment an article but my comment was not shown yet saying "Not publicly visible"
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So how long does it take to be available?
modified 10-Apr-16 15:49pm.
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Ok. I see it now on the article! It was taking quite some time to appear though.
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Again the same issue appear ? Can someone explain why it take such longtime to appear?
modified 10-Apr-16 16:13pm.
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Because it's in moderation. I don't know why. But I'm looking at it. It had better be worth it... 
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Why now in moderation queue? Why wasn't before? Just why ? What's the issue here. It's plain clean comments are being written.
Doesn't make sense.
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I know that. And you know that. But the hamsters get bored on Sunday afternoons.
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The spam detection system is a complex, heuristic piece of software that tries hard (and succeeds, mostly) to detect potential spam by analysis of the message content. If it gets too high, the message, question, or answer is sent to moderation where it takes a human being to decide to publish or not.
Unfortunately, spammers are wise to this, and try to sneak their drivel through as unremarkable messages - which means that sometimes an innocent message gets caught by mistake (which is why it goes to moderation instead of immediately being deleted) because it contains words or phrases which have been seen in a lot of "genuine spam".
I know it's a pain, but trust me on this: it's a damn site better than not having the system running at all! You would not believe how many posts these people can try to submit... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: these people
Feeling a bit generous today are we?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I'm trying really hard to moderate my language, and all I get is $*%@^&" criticism! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Your message just happened to combine words that have been seen in spam messages in the past, hence it was flagged for approval instead of automatically being posted.
Lucky or unlucky - you decide.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I added a feature to my sample in A Working TCP Client and Server With SSL but when I log in to CodeProject and try to edit the article to describe the change, the submission wizard responds "Unfortunately you do not have permission to edit this article". I've sucessfully done this before, and on the face of it nothing is different this time (famous last words...), but I'm certainly getting different behavior.
Can anyone suggest what might be wrong?
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There was weirdness in author association. I've whacked it a few times so please try again.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Seems to be fixed, thanks.
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Just noticed the orange arrow "Parent message" feature.
Very nice! 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Nice touch? The site is down than and when ... if I would do something like this [edit] in an productive environement [/edit] with our customers they would kill me...
Sorry, but at the moment it looks like beginners are at work here.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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I suspect they have major problems, plus it's very early on a Saturday in Canadia!
They seem to be trying to fix it - hence the outages - so give 'em a chance!
For a site of this complexity, with this many hourly visitors, I think they do damn well to get the high percentage up-time that they do - and can forgive the occasional "beyond control" problem.
Heck, they get better reliability than I do from my single PC!
And it's a nice touch - it's handy when you get a long thread.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I dont now something like "early on a Saturday".... just figting with similar Problems in China and south amercia
Yep, CP do a a good Job, no doubt about this.
modified 19-Jan-21 21:04pm.
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It's been around for quite a while.
Can't remember when I asked for it, but at least a year or so.
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Oooh, that is nice 
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You are getting old a bit - it is there since end of January...
Bugs and Suggestions - CodeProject[^]
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Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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