Warning for links in PM's

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j0nas
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Warning for links in PM's

Post by j0nas »

Hi Guys,

I've added the following spamfilter warns to our network

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/spamfilter add p warn 0 Possible_Spam_Links_in_PM www.*

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/spamfilter add p warn 0 Possible_Spam_Links_in_PM irc.*
But I am getting the following hits;

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[13:19] -irc.ukchatters.co.uk- [Spamfilter] m0rpheus!male@IPHIDDEN matches filter 'www.*': [PRIVMSG Neo: 'awww'] [Possible Spam Links in PM]
Any idea on how I can prevent these false positives?

Thanks
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Re: Warning for links in PM's

Post by Stealth »

Spamfilters use regex matching and not standard wildcards. With those spamfilters, you're telling Unreal to warn you about a message containing "irc" or "www" ANYWHERE in the message, including in the middle of a word regardless of any content before or after.

I would recommend using the regex irc\..+\..+ and www\..+\..+ for just general web or IRC server matching.

For more information about regex and how to use it, the Regular Expressions section of the docs is a good place to start.
j0nas
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Re: Warning for links in PM's

Post by j0nas »

Many thanks..

I kinda half thought it might be the need for irc\..+\..+ but could not think for the love of me.
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