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May 17, 2006
Junked Entries
i got a note from a blog participant asking if he had been banned because his messages had not come up after he posted.
As it turns out, dozens of messages were in the "junk" folder, automatically put there by Movable Type.
I haven't changed anything in the last few days, but it seems to have made decisions itself. Sorry. I have de-junked all of the entries that were not sales links and porn (aka, real junk).
No one has ever been banned and not entries have ever been erased from this blog.
So if you see that your entries are not coming up, please let me know so I can check into it.
UPDATE, 11:50a - I just downgraded the junk filter a bit, as there were still good messages being caught badly. Hopefully, that will help. Sorry for the issues.
And forgot to point out last inght... I never moderate either. Only for junk mail.
4:01p - Still happening on some entries... not happy... sorry... trying to work through it...
THURSDAY ADD - This all appears to relate to some kind of Spam fighting add ons to the site. I have adjusted the levels, but the same two blocks seem to be hitting sporadic entries andI haven't figured out how to make it stop completely. As you might expect, this is very irrtiating to me, as I have to babysit.. we'll keep working on it.
Posted by poland at May 17, 2006 02:58 AM
Comments
Just a test.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 17, 2006 05:25 AM
That explains why activity seemed so slow yesterday.
Posted by: Blackcloud ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.mcnblogs.com/thehotblog/nav-commenters.gif)
at May 17, 2006 06:36 AM
I thought you banned me due to my aggressive posting style and obnoxious username!!!
Posted by: Wrecktum at May 17, 2006 09:50 AM
Gracias. I was wondering about that myself. I posted twice early yesterday, and they still hadn't shown up at midnight. (They are there now, though).
Posted by: Josh Massey at May 17, 2006 11:22 AM
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you don't know from me personally. I am Miss Juliana Maneti,the eldest daughter of Late Patrick Maneti,who was mudered recently in a land dispute in Zimbabwe. I got your contact through an internet trade journal here in Italy and I decided to contact you. I won an auction for a $500 Baseball Collectibles Gift Certificate.It was a certificate number which you entered after ordering online. We were told by Baseball Collectibles that the certificate number was stolen and not valid, a shrill dissonance like lightning chased we help you save on the Med$!
Posted by: prideray at May 17, 2006 11:30 AM
Cheap Viagra!
Is this the reason a conspiracy guy claimed his posts were banned by you? And if so, is this the cover-up story for the conspiracy to ban that guy?
Posted by: palmtree at May 17, 2006 11:36 AM
LOL
I got a spam e-mail today from "Controverting H. Interloper." The fake names are almost as hilarious as the fake goods.
Posted by: Blackcloud at May 17, 2006 11:37 AM
Oh, good. Because I had posted here once before, then decided to change my moniker, and my longish rant went to a moderation box and then never appeared. I thought you hated me.
Posted by: Jason at May 17, 2006 11:54 AM
Just another test to see if this post works.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 17, 2006 11:56 AM
Well, these are going to the junk file again. I hate it when blogs go all SKYNET on people.
Posted by: TheManWho at May 17, 2006 12:18 PM
They seem to be going onestep higher on the food chain now... bear with me... we'll fix the problem as quickly as possible
Weird thing is, it was doing this to more than one authenticated, trusted commenters.
Posted by: David Poland at May 17, 2006 12:37 PM
Well, I am glad someone brought it to your attention. Because I thought you went and got all CUBS BLOG on us. Then I realized that you have made it a point to not moderate, and not like there have been any bad flame-ups in quite some time. So, yeah, Skynet, and thanks for taking care of the problem.
Posted by: TheManWho at May 17, 2006 02:41 PM
great it works!!
thanks
Posted by: mex at May 17, 2006 03:21 PM
i instantly thought dave had given me the ol heave-ho. and have been away for sometime. Let me just make sure...
'Fijian Wrestler"...
yep all good.
Posted by: Jeffrey Boam's Doctor at May 17, 2006 04:40 PM
i instantly thought dave had given me the ol heave-ho. and have been away for sometime. Let me just make sure...
'Fijian Wrestler"...
yep all good.
Posted by: Jeffrey Boam's Doctor at May 17, 2006 04:42 PM
I think mine's still busted.
Posted by: Wrecktum at May 17, 2006 08:45 PM
Thanks, DP. I was even kinda worried when my comments weren't posted...as dumb as they probably were.
Posted by: YourBlueRoom at May 17, 2006 09:36 PM
Another test.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 18, 2006 05:49 AM
I am still being filtered.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 18, 2006 05:49 AM
I guess both of my messages telling Dave that he should not have Damon listed as the star of "The Good German" in his Oscar column got junked.
Maybe this one will get through. Matt Damon is in "The Good Shepherd," not "The Good German" with Clooney and Blanchett.
Posted by: adorian at May 18, 2006 10:24 AM
Checking again
Posted by: mex at May 18, 2006 11:32 AM
Fijian Wrestler
Posted by: Spacesheik at May 18, 2006 03:21 PM
One more try.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 18, 2006 06:27 PM
Nicol D--you're showing up here. What are the topics where you're being rejected?
Posted by: Blackcloud at May 18, 2006 06:35 PM
Hey Blackcloud,
What has been happening to some of us is that when we post our comments we get a message saying that we are being screened/filtered. It is due to a glitch in the system.
The problem is it makes it harder to communicate if you do not know when your comment will show up...ie not immediately.
That's why I have not posted on any of the topics recently...although I did defend Lindsay Lohan.
Posted by: Nicol D at May 18, 2006 10:00 PM
Wired answers what Mr. Poland has hinted at:
An Israeli antispam company said Thursday that a junk e-mailer's vendetta is behind attacks this week that took down its site, five hosting providers and one of the internet's largest blog networks.
One of those blog networks was indeed TypePad.
You can get full details and plenty of links from Wired News.
Posted by: Chucky in Jersey at May 20, 2006 08:12 AM
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