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      Tikiyetti last edited by

      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?

      Thanks,
      ~Klaus

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        Tikiyetti @Tikiyetti last edited by

        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. :(

        Thanks,
        ~Klaus

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          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Tikiyetti last edited by

          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?

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            Tikiyetti @johnpoz last edited by

            @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?

            Thanks,
            ~Klaus

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              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Tikiyetti last edited by

              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.

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              • Bob.Dig
                Bob.Dig LAYER 8 last edited by Bob.Dig

                It is spam because it is not posted there. 😉

                pfSense on Hyper-V

                Remember: Upvote with the 👍 button for any user/post you find to be helpful, informative, or deserving of recognition!

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                  Tikiyetti last edited by

                  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. :)

                  Thanks,
                  ~Klaus

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                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Bob.Dig last edited by

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

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                      Tikiyetti last edited by

                      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.

                      Thanks,
                      ~Klaus

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                        packetpirate last edited by

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

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                          Crusher Bob last edited by

                          Test message with new account

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                            Dennis100 last edited by

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

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                              areckethennu last edited by

                              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.

                              I'm just a home user with pfSense 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) on a Protecli VP2410

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                                johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @areckethennu last edited by 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.

                                An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                                  areckethennu @johnpoz last edited by

                                  @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.

                                  I'm just a home user with pfSense 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) on a Protecli VP2410

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                                    johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @areckethennu last edited by 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.

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                                      areckethennu @johnpoz last edited by

                                      @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.

                                      I'm just a home user with pfSense 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) on a Protecli VP2410

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                                        areckethennu @johnpoz last edited by

                                        @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.

                                        I'm just a home user with pfSense 23.01-RELEASE (amd64) on a Protecli VP2410

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                                          missionit.tech last edited by

                                          Im having this problem

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                                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                                            You should be good now.

                                            Steve

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                                                hunghcm @Dennis100 last edited by

                                                @dennis100 i have same problem, now i must login by fake IP.

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                                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                                                  If changing your IP is allowing it then your real address has probably been blacklisted for some reason. If it's a dynamic address then just reconnect to change it.

                                                  Steve

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                                                    pourts last edited by

                                                    Having same problem w/ Akismet.

                                                    And the funny thing is I can't change my IP address because I am coming on the forum to ask for help with my VPN client running on pfsense!

                                                    catch 22 😞

                                                    Anywho... this akismet spam filter seems to be way way to strong. I'm not sure how its optimized but it feels like its flagging lots of false positives right now.

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                                                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pourts last edited by johnpoz

                                                      @pourts said in Getting flagged as spam by akismet:

                                                      I can't change my IP address because

                                                      How about coming in from your phone? The one thing I wish we could do with akismet is whitelist IPs or a user account would even be more helpful.. There isn't a lot of reason to why it blocks something either, from my understanding there is no log of blocks - which would be really helpful.. User X blocked because score of 42 with this breakdown. Kind of like some spam filters when they filter mail..

                                                      You would think it could figure out that wall of text coming in from some SPAM heavy country would get flagged, from a 1 post wonder - yet those get through quite often.

                                                      edit: btw I see from your IP history, that one of the IPs is listed on a block spam list..

                                                      edit2: make that another one of your IPs has a huge reporting of on the spam list, reported a LOT!! PM me if you want the details of which IPs are listed on the block spam list.

                                                      edit3: wow, so from your history you have an IP that changes last octet, .56, 57 and 58 - all three of these have huge amount of reports on the block spam list.

                                                      An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                                      If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                                      Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                                                        pourts @johnpoz last edited by

                                                        @johnpoz
                                                        I found a workaround, its just tedious.

                                                        I hope Akismet is saving the mods tons of time and headache. From the perspective of a user I think it is a huge pain in the ass. Is this something forced on the mods from Netgate corporate?

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                                                          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pourts last edited by

                                                          @pourts looking at your IPs - most of them are on the spam block list, with multiple reports.. Looks to me coming from some vpn service, the IP block is owned by a CDN service.. Not some typical ISP..

                                                          An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                                          If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                                          Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
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                                                            pourts @johnpoz last edited by

                                                            @johnpoz
                                                            Would you be interested in taking a look at my thread here?: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/174683/openvpn-client-working-but-other-ports-vlans-now-offline/10?_=1663707824757

                                                            I am running a VPN client on my Netgate 2100 on LAN port #1. For some reason I am unable to get out to the internet directly (no VPN) on the other 3 ports.

                                                            Side question: who decides what the spam reporting process is for VPNs? What is stopping a VPN company from posting lots of fake reports against their competitor's IP addresses?

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                                                              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pourts last edited by johnpoz

                                                              @pourts as to who reports spam.. I would assume you could false report.. But from looking at the reports they are from all over. So either the person or company planting false reports is taking the effort to report them from all over the place ;) Or legit spam is taking place and being reported by the forum operators..

                                                              edit: example - these are 2 of your IPs you have come from.. Not like they have 1 report ;)

                                                              reports.jpg

                                                              And the .58 also listed in your history has multiple as well, just not as many as these when I sorted by reports..

                                                              With your ips being listed on the spam report list, it is no wonder akismet is flagging your posts..

                                                              An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                                              If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                                              Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                                                              SG-4860 23.01 | Lab VMs CE 2.6, 2.7

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                                                                pourts @johnpoz last edited by

                                                                @johnpoz
                                                                Interesting. Thanks for helping build my knowledge. Time to stop paying for a garbage VPN.

                                                                Are these reports specific to "forum operators"? You used that term earlier. I ask because my IPs seems to work fine everywhere else, for instance Twitter (where there is a huge bot problem now that you mention it...).

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                                                                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @pourts last edited by

                                                                  @pourts yeah a list I "believe" or one at least of the ones akismet uses is a list for forum operators to report spam

                                                                  https://stopforumspam.com/

                                                                  The true inter workings of akismet is a bit of mystery from my understanding. But this list is made of ips that are reported by forum operators..

                                                                  I responded to your other thread btw giving example of how to policy route.

                                                                  An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with his fools
                                                                  If you get confused: Listen to the Music Play
                                                                  Please don't Chat/PM me for help, unless mod related
                                                                  SG-4860 23.01 | Lab VMs CE 2.6, 2.7

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                                                                  • stephenw10
                                                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by stephenw10

                                                                    Yup, unfortunately the akismet plugin for nodebb has almost no visibility or tuning options. In other forum software there is far more. Hopefully that might improve.

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