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spam filter?

jarecord03jarecord03 Member Posts: 144 Arc User
edited September 2016 in General Discussion (PC)
Is it possible to add a spam filter based on the number of special characters used? Like a maximum of 6 (maybe exclude the period, comma, and apostrophe). Normal usage should be unaffected (raise to 8 or 9 if necc.) and spammers cut off at the knees. Please consider, thanks.

Pyrax.

P.S. ok, maybe not unaffected, those little emoticon drawings would be no more. .;;. (lurking spider is sad)
There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

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  • jarecord03jarecord03 Member Posts: 144 Arc User
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    Ah. ok, then. thanks. :(
    There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

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  • jarecord03jarecord03 Member Posts: 144 Arc User
    Really?

    Spammers use text like - ( () /\/\ for 'COM'. that alone took 7 special characters (not letters or numbers, and possibly period, comma, and apostrophe because of their common usage).

    Second, they do things like ~~~~ [text] ~~~~~.

    Does that help any?
    There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
  • sockmunkeysockmunkey Member Posts: 4,622 Arc User
    And why do you think they use those symbols?

    Because there is already a filter in place, and they use the symbols to bypass it. If another filter was added, they would simply do something else to get around it.
  • jarecord03jarecord03 Member Posts: 144 Arc User
    i understand that. they have filters for specific sequences of special characters like () for O. i am talking about the number of special characters used in total - in ANY combination.
    There are 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.
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