frm
Well-known member
I have been hit with a ton of Russian spam lately, and as the forum's language isn't Russian, I sought to block (or flat out 'Reject') the entire language with this spam filter (spamPhrases):
But, when I copy a post over and try to post it, it won't reject the message (nor if I set it to 'Manually approve'). Both options send it to the Approval queue, as opposed to Rejecting it (possibly throwing an error that it won't post if that's how 'Reject' is meant to work).
Is the regex wrong (the
Is Reject still working as expected, and does my interpretation of Reject just send the message to the Approval queue?
I tested the regex on Regex101, and it does find a match, but how XenForo is handling it is not expected.
Code:
[а-яА-ЯёЁ]{3,}But, when I copy a post over and try to post it, it won't reject the message (nor if I set it to 'Manually approve'). Both options send it to the Approval queue, as opposed to Rejecting it (possibly throwing an error that it won't post if that's how 'Reject' is meant to work).
Is the regex wrong (the
{3,} is in there in case there's a finger-flick of a keyboard change to accept something that may have been posted in error)?Is Reject still working as expected, and does my interpretation of Reject just send the message to the Approval queue?
I tested the regex on Regex101, and it does find a match, but how XenForo is handling it is not expected.