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Phil Parkin

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January 29, 2015 at 5:17 am

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There seems to be a lot more getting through than in the past.
Is anything being done to tackle it?
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Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 1

Phil Parkin (1/29/2015)
There seems to be a lot more getting through than in the past.
Is anything being done to tackle it?

Yeah, they have been implementing a filter. It was working for a while, but now it seems to be getting worse again.

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Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 2

Some changes with our hosting provider's firewall broke the filter - there should be a new version going in this week, hopefully.

Phil Parkin SSC Guru Points: 246963 More actions · Answer 3

Dave Convery (1/29/2015)
Some changes with our hosting provider's firewall broke the filter - there should be a new version going in this week, hopefully.

Hi Dave, did this happen? If so, it could do with some further refinement, I believe.

The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
- Martin Rees
The absence of consumable DDL, sample data and desired results is, however, evidence of the absence of my response
- Phil Parkin

Dave Convery SSCrazy Points: 2159 More actions · Answer 4

The first new version went in on Friday afternoon UK time.

There's a couple of things that should help with refinement - we're teaching it false positives and negatives, so it should get better at recognising the spam we get here over time. We should also be changing the backend slightly so we can approve false positives faster.

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 5

I actually came into the "Anything that is NOT about SQL!" forum to ask this question but think it's appropriate here....

How do you report spam?

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259105 More actions · Answer 6

Alan.B (4/3/2015)
I actually came into the "Anything that is NOT about SQL!" forum to ask this question but think it's appropriate here....
How do you report spam?

At the top right of the message, you have a report button.

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Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 7

Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)
Alan.B (4/3/2015)
I actually came into the "Anything that is NOT about SQL!" forum to ask this question but think it's appropriate here....
How do you report spam?
At the top right of the message, you have a report button.

Duh! (banging head on desk).... :blush:

Unfortunate for me there is not a "Remove this comment" button.

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001

Eirikur Eiriksson SSC Guru Points: 182912 More actions · Answer 8

Alan.B (4/3/2015)
Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)
Alan.B (4/3/2015)
I actually came into the "Anything that is NOT about SQL!" forum to ask this question but think it's appropriate here....
How do you report spam?
At the top right of the message, you have a report button.
Duh! (banging head on desk).... :blush:
Unfortunate for me there is not a "Remove this comment" button.

Just what you need

😎

Alan Burstein SSC Guru Points: 61141 More actions · Answer 9

Eirikur Eiriksson (4/3/2015)
Alan.B (4/3/2015)
Koen Verbeeck (4/3/2015)
Alan.B (4/3/2015)
I actually came into the "Anything that is NOT about SQL!" forum to ask this question but think it's appropriate here....
How do you report spam?
At the top right of the message, you have a report button.
Duh! (banging head on desk).... :blush:
Unfortunate for me there is not a "Remove this comment" button.
Just what you need
😎

Nice! 😛

"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."

-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001