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My sig has been disabled?
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:32 am
by Smithcraft
I edited my sig down and now it's not showing. I tried changing it back to what it was, but it still isn't showing.
I see other sigs are showing so I'm wondering what is going on...
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ps - "Attach a signature (signatures can be altered via the UCP)" is checked
Re: My sig has been disabled?
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 6:46 am
by Smithcraft
Oh look! I have three unread messages. No emails were sent to let me know about these messages...
Looks like sigs with URLs have to be authorized. So I guess I wait for authorization.
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Re: My sig has been disabled?
Posted: Sat Jul 20, 2013 11:17 pm
by Woodstock
Yes, sigs with URLs are subject to review. I found that out early.... Part of the anti-spam protection, to catch those that are trying to accumulate lots of messages before they turn their signatures into spam. You remember them, I know you do....
Re: My sig has been disabled?
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 8:56 am
by Smithcraft
It's a popular tactic among the scum.
It might be better to moderate the first few posts similar to the way the Handbrake forum works.
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Re: My sig has been disabled?
Posted: Sun Jul 21, 2013 10:49 pm
by Woodstock
I tend to get suspicious when the signature ends with "Image". A quick check for the user name, email address, or IP on stopforumspam.com usually pops up "interesting" results.
Re: My sig has been disabled?
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:41 am
by Smithcraft
I've never heard of the stopforumspam site. I'll have to give it a recommendation at another forum that is pestered by scum trying to sell sofas online (who would buy a sofa/couch online? ) or who make a somewhat related post only to start spamming away later. Otherwise, someone here has a sig that ends with a image that never loads.
And, I see my sig is authorized!
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