Getting flagged as spam by akismet

Tikiyetti

Hi there, I'm trying to post a technical question in the OpenVPN section but my post keeps getting flagged as spam. I've successfully posted before, albeit not that much, so I don't understand why all of a sudden I'm getting this issue?

Tikiyetti

Thanks for the upvote. Just tried posting again just now but still no luck. I've seen some posts say that long text might get flagged as spam so I trimmed my post down as much as possible without making it too vague and still no dice. :(

johnpoz

You need to be at rep 5 I believe to get some less filtering. Your only at 2.. Can you just put up the wall of text on pastebin for example and then just link to that?

Tikiyetti

@johnpoz Yeah, sure thing. And you mean post it to the actual forum section (OpenVPN) right? Not this one. And will it let me post even just a link since it's to do with my rep score instead of the content of my post?

johnpoz

How akismet figures out spam or not is kind of a mystery - believe me I have asked the powers that be ;)

It misses stuff that is clearly spam ALL the time.. You wouldn't believe the amount of stuff have to delete pretty much daily if not hourly ;)

And then it might flag a few words without any links as spam.. I don't get it really - might as well be throwing darts blindfolded after you have beer bonged a growler and spun around in chair 100 times..

I can always post your wall of text for you - if you can get me the text you want in your post on say pastebin.

Bob.Dig

It is spam because it is not posted there.

Tikiyetti

lol, how infuriating. Well I really appreciate all the upvotes to get my rep up. I just tried posting again and it still doesn't take it so perhaps it does have something to do with my post's content (just a few lines of text, 2 pictures, and 2 hyperlinks at this point).

I'll make a pastebin and post the link to see if that changes anything. Thanks a ton for the help. :)

johnpoz

@bob-dig good point - moved this topic..

Tikiyetti

Ayy it worked! (without pastebin). Maybe it just took some time for Akismet to "learn" or reindex my account. Anyway, now I can start working on my actual issue XD. But seriously, thank you.

packetpirate

I am having the same issue. Please give me thumbs up here so I can avoid the spam filter. Thanks!

Crusher Bob

Test message with new account

Dennis100

I too am having the same problem. Please upvote me.

areckethennu

Same issue. I've got a post that's purely text (34 lines) and it won't let me post it. I didn't think my previous 45 posts were THAT bad. It's odd that my reputation is 0, but I've got 9 upvotes. I don't see anything bad in my profile at all.

johnpoz

@areckethennu I don't see any posts of your that have been up voted, I see some that you have upvoted - but those do not count for your rep.

I just upvoted this post of your - and I show you have 1 rep point now.

areckethennu

@johnpoz I'm currently at a reputation of 3 and it still won't let me post. If I've figured out how to use it right, here's a pastebin of what I'm trying to ask in the IPv6 forum:

https://pastebin.com/LZAwWycY

For the life of me, I can't see anything remotely spam-like in that.

johnpoz

@areckethennu said in Getting flagged as spam by akismet:

https://pastebin.com/LZAwWycY

That is a lot of text - akismet can be very finicky, and I have asked the admins multiple times for info that can be seen on why something is blocked, or how to whitelist etc.. - and what they can do is very very limited. As just a mod I have no anything with akismet.. Nothing no reports, no listings, no interface of any kind, etc..

From my understanding you don't get any boost in akismet until you have at least 5 reps.. I have given you another rep, and look over other posts and gave you another one so your at 5 now..

edit: give it another try.

areckethennu

@johnpoz I confirm my rep is up to 5. But, it still won't let me start a new thread with that content. Let me see if I can post any kind of reply in another thread I'd previously started.

areckethennu

@johnpoz OK. It finally worked. I replied in one of my other threads, then went back and tried posting that new thread. I guess I just had to push those electrons over the top of the Rep = 5 bump. Thanks for the help.

missionit.tech

Im having this problem

stephenw10

You should be good now.

Steve