XF 1.5 Dealing with spam when thread title is a URL?

cbpayne

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The only spam that gets through all the spam block thingy's I use are those that use a URL as the thread title
I get up to a dozen posts a day pretty similar to the the screen shot attached. There is no link in the actual post body
I don't want to send all new posts to moderation

Any tips on a way to automatically block URL's as the thread title?
 

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/^http(|s):\/\/\S+\n/si
/^http?:\/\/\S+\n/si
/^http(|s):\/\/\S+/si

I've tried these 3 (Xenforo 2) and none have prevented the spam starting with http or https from getting through unfortunately.
 
I don't know what to tell you. I've tested it in both XF1 and XF2 and it works for me.

Either they are adding some characters that somehow get stripped when being posted or there is a setting on your system that is wrong. Such as "Maximum Messages to Check for Spam" or the permission I posted earlier. OR, you have an add-on that is somehow messing with spam checks.
 
Thanks for the continued replies.

I didn't even think about registered user settings. But it turns out for registered users Bypass spam check was set to no:

1540666070416.webp

And this is the entirety of my Spam phrases:

1540666158254.webp

I am running stock Xenforo 2 (2.0.2) with no addons or modifications of any kind.
 
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