Posting Timer
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Posting Timer
Since after this past weekend, I am seeing this forum error message a lot when making AAR entries. Just now I made two posts separated by well over a minute and the second one was rejected (meaning it has to be reentered and the image re-uploaded). It appears that the forum has a timer set to two minutes, which seems too long.
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RE: Posting Timer
Probably an anti-spam thing. Trying to slow down the guys selling fake passports and other bogus products.
Bill
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RE: Posting Timer
I understand, but the timer is too long. [:(]ORIGINAL: wdolson
Probably an anti-spam thing. Trying to slow down the guys selling fake passports and other bogus products.
Bill
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I wrote Matrix about it, but I don't know if anything will be done. I only have the power to make suggestions in these sorts of things.
Bill
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RE: Posting Timer
I understand, and I'm grateful. [:)]ORIGINAL: wdolson
I wrote Matrix about it, but I don't know if anything will be done. I only have the power to make suggestions in these sorts of things.
Bill
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RE: Posting Timer
Huh. I haven't run into this, but that's good to know.
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: Posting Timer
Lets test it! Aha, it did just what you said. Couldn't post this right away. Guess I'll have more time to spell-chek my predictive text mistakes now!
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm." - Winston Churchill
RE: Posting Timer
Was there a problem yesterday morning? I tried to post on a couple of things and I was sent to one of those white background, black text Microware software failure screens. My posts were trivial BUT I left the forum for a couple of hours, came back, and there was NOTHING new. Which is VERY odd for here as we cover a LOT of time zones with posters.
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RE: Posting Timer
ORIGINAL: wegman58
Was there a problem yesterday morning? I tried to post on a couple of things and I was sent to one of those white background, black text Microware software failure screens. My posts were trivial BUT I left the forum for a couple of hours, came back, and there was NOTHING new. Which is VERY odd for here as we cover a LOT of time zones with posters.
Yes, the anti-spam filter was blocking me completely from posting. I was able to send a PM to Bill who passed it up the line to Erik Rutens.
I wondered if it was blocking everyone as later in the morning not a single sub-forum showed a new post.
Hans
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yesterday morning I was getting some kind of error message. Wouldn't let me post.[:(]....GP
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RE: Posting Timer
Matrix may have been having some problems with their servers. When I tried to e-mail Matrix with Hans' problem, the e-mail bounced the first time.
Stuff like this happens sometimes.
Bill
Stuff like this happens sometimes.
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RE: Posting Timer
There was a massive spam attack Thursday in the General Forum. This is probably related.
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RE: Posting Timer
Makes sense, but I hope they tune this before calling it permanent. I just had to wait and re-type trying to answer questions to help people.ORIGINAL: Lecivius
There was a massive spam attack Thursday in the General Forum. This is probably related.
Maybe they make it dependent upon how long a user account has existed? That would at least provide relief to a number of people. Most of the spam stuff is with new accounts. Even when spammers create accounts and wait for a time, that's usually only a few days or weeks.
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I just tried to make a post in the "vampire thread" and the software said "You can't post two consecutive messages within such a short amount of time." Like several minutes apart.
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ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
I just tried to make a post in the "vampire thread" and the software said "You can't post two consecutive messages within such a short amount of time." Like several minutes apart.
You're a cereal poster. [:)]
The Moose
RE: Posting Timer
No, this is a cereal poster! [:D]ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
I just tried to make a post in the "vampire thread" and the software said "You can't post two consecutive messages within such a short amount of time." Like several minutes apart.
You're a cereal poster. [:)]
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RE: Posting Timer
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
I just tried to make a post in the "vampire thread" and the software said "You can't post two consecutive messages within such a short amount of time." Like several minutes apart.
Blame Faber......
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Reg.
(One day I will learn to spell - or check before posting....)
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ORIGINAL: chemkid
i remember cereals only as t-wear-slogans...
happy halloween!
chem!
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warspite1ORIGINAL: witpqs
Since after this past weekend, I am seeing this forum error message a lot when making AAR entries. Just now I made two posts separated by well over a minute and the second one was rejected (meaning it has to be reentered and the image re-uploaded). It appears that the forum has a timer set to two minutes, which seems too long.
Yes, Matrix have to do something to stop Chickenboy's inane posting drivel. This is the latest idea. Let's just hope it works.
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