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I am not even talking about high-rep members. Rep has nothing to do with it. I'm talking about trustworthy members.
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The problem is that not only do long-term members suddenly get a new job and start posting spam, but some of us are less careful than perhaps we should be with our password quality.
Should we allow my account to be free to post what I want? What if someone guesses my password (Good luck with that chaps!) and hijacks my account? We are talking about bots here: fully capable of posting hundreds of messages a minute (heck in the last spam flood some of 'em were well into double digits per second!)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I highly doubt any of the spam CP is getting is from hijacked accounts. If so, I would like to see the numbers.
Codeproject is not international spy stuff. Let's not get carried away with this. 
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I very much doubt it is! But that doesn't mean it couldn't be.
This is a good target site: high membership, high traffic, easy signup, easy post. If they get the idea that hacking accounts will benefit them, do you doubt they would try? And the weakest link is always the human who decides what the password is.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Emilio Largo wrote: I'm talking about trustworthy members
You're asking for a hand-picked exemption from any spam filtering, I assume?
This isn't actually that hard. We have a "Trusted Author" designation, so adding a "Trusted Poster" would be straightforward.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: You're asking for a hand-picked exemption from any spam filtering, I assume?
This isn't actually that hard. We have a "Trusted Author" designation, so adding a "Trusted Poster" would be straightforward.
That sounds just like me, Trusted Poster. Do I get a badge and a hat?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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We have a whole separate category for you, Mick.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: We have a whole separate category for you, Mick.
Legend?
Michael Martin
Australia
"I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible."
- Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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uh...yeah. That's exactly what I was thinking...
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: You're asking for a hand-picked exemption from any spam filtering, I assume?
Yes, that is what I am referring to. Thanks. 
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You now have Trusted Poster status.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Thank you. You and your team rock! 
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I think perhaps you may have suffered a sense of humour failure. Please switch off and on again!
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One of those days. I really shouldn't post when I am irritated, I know, but sometime I need to vent. ![Java | [Coffee]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/coffee.gif)
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As the Romans used to say: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (*) We've had enough problems recently with a capricious high-rep member marking valid posts as spam/abuse.
While the spam filter may require tuning, I think that in general, it is working just fine.
*Who will watch the watchmen?
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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¡ƎWOSƎM∀!Starting the day with iconic “The Guitar Don`t Lie” (sure not), followed by “Hips Don't Lie” (trustful hips, indeed), and Gwen stating affirmatively “Baby Don't Lie”. “No More Lies” confirmed by The Moody Blues. But… here comes the Liar: “Said I Loved You...But I Lied” (wazzup, Mr. Bolton?)
So, virtual drama continues (link: http://webinfocentral.com/webtv/youtubetruth.aspx[^] )...
Btw, technically speaking: (TO LIE) || !(TO LIE) = True. Other essential techno-talk regarding the underlying video-streaming technology embedded in ASP.NET can be found on CP: YouTube™ API for ASP.NET[^].
Have a seriously wonderful day (no lies)  . Cheers…
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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This was more difficult to follow than the Boomeranging Telescopic and Kaleidoscopic Phrase Maze of the Day... 
The United States invariably does the right thing, after having exhausted every other alternative. -Winston Churchill
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between. -Oscar Wilde
Wow, even the French showed a little more spine than that before they got their sh*t pushed in.[^] -Colin Mullikin
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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You want the truth? You can't handle the truth! (And that's no lie!)
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Truth handler (Lambda-style): Truth.BoatLoad +=(s,a)=>{Truth_Handle();};
<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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No truth-handler, you. Bah! I deride your truth-handling abilities.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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<lol>Life is 2short 2remove USB safely
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Is this a bot trying to pass the Turing Test?
Simon Lee Shugar (Software Developer)
www.simonshugar.co.uk
"If something goes by a false name, would it mean that thing is fake? False by nature?" By Gilbert Durandil
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