XF 2.3 Using Spam phrases to send external URLs to approval queue but want to allow internal URLs to be posted

[sport_billy]

Was looking for a little bit of help please. We are trying to use Spam Phrases to send any external URLs posted in a thread to the approval queue BUT allow internal links to our own forum threads to be posted, as we link back a lot to our information care guide threads within posts.

Have used the below to send URLs to the approval queue
/^\[url.*\[\/url\]$/si
/^http\S+$/si
/^https?:\/\/\S+\n/si
/^[a-z0-9-]+\.(com|net|org)\/\S+\n/si

Thanks for any recommendations

 

[Alvin63]

Following ....... I'm looking at an addon that scans url's for harmful ones and sends them for manual moderation using AI - but it's expensive and an annual fee. ie leaving inoccuous ones in tact.

 

[Alvin63]

Would this thread help?

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XF 2.2 Thread 'Spam phrases to detect external links?- Moderate'

Oct 11, 2021

We want to moderate all external links submitted by users in our forum. we thought the correct format was to use following regular expression under Spam phrases:
but seems this is not working, we've also checked user permissions and there is no a bypass :

we have "Maximum messages to check for spam" ->5. this means after 5 posts there is no Spam check moderation??
Any Hint / suggestion about it?

Many thanks in advance.

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