The last day or so all of the post that I get have the word SPAM in front of it. Is this a problem with RCU or my email

Gene,
Either your ISP or your virus protection software is flagging the mails as Spam. I'm not getting it here. I'll pass this to Marc and Nathan so that they can take a look at it and see what's going on.

Ken

My ISP does it to me all the time. I have to check my spam folder before I delete everything to make sure someone is not in there that shouldn't be. I use the webmail interface to check before I download mail with Outlook.

It's interesting though that for me, only a few of them end up in the junk E-mail folder. I get three or four a day flagged. Some are flagged SPAM but end in the right folder. Who knows.

Don

Put our domain on your spam filters approved list @rcuniverse.com

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Is there anything in the way of progress in the ' thing in posts? It doubles up and tripples up (some times) the appostrophe. At the top is one appostrophe plus one quote. It doubled up the appostrophe and left the quote alone.

CGr


PS. Every time I edit the post, I have done it three times, this is the fourth, it adds an appostrophe. Hope that helps your software wienies.

CGr

I have no idea if there's any "progress", CG...not being an RCU Admin and all. *heh*

But, for what it's worth (and, mostly, it's probably worth killing a few minutes of time reading it, and not much more) I can EXPLAIN the behaviour. *heh*

Most database engines use the single quote to denote something is text. For example, if you say to a database:

Give me everything that = the word BOB

you'd do it as such:

SELECT * FROM SOME_TABLE WHERE NAME=`BOB` (Note, those would be single quotes, but the problem we'rediscussing makes me use the ` *heh*)

If you don't wrap it up with single quotes, the database will probably expect BOB to be either some variable, or a column name in a table, or something like that...rather than the letters B-O-B as a string of text.

Now...because of this, whenever you're INSERTING something into a database, such as a meaningless time-wasting post about single quotes, if the content of the post has a single quote in it (like, the apostrophe in you're) then this can confuse the database. Why? Because when you send the text to the DB, you START it with a single quote, and the apostrophe hanging out in the middle in some contraction makes the DB think the text of the post STOPS THERE...it then wonders what the **** all this stuff (the remainder of the post after the apostrophe) is after the text.

So...you "escape" the apostrophe...that is, you tell the DB "no no, this isn't a single quote to end the text, I actually want the apostrophe as PART OF the text". In a large percentage of the world's db engines...you do this by putting another single quote in front of it. So, your system (the RCU forums in this case) looks at the text of your post, and replaces every apostrophe with TWO apostrophes...and then sends the content to the database.

My GUESS is that, somewhere, this process is being "duplicated"...that is, there's some more code somewhere taking the ALREADY MODIFIED "double apostrophe", and doubling them up again...which means, essentially, we're "escaping" TWO apostrophes. *heh*

Of course, when you then edit, the problem is repeated...you submit a post that now has TWO apostrophes, which the forum escapes (sending, thus, 4 to the db)...and the "problem code" then escapes ALL FOUR OF THOSE, so they show up in your edited post. *heh*

Edit again? We escape all 4, sending 8, which then get "re-escaped"...and so on.

So there you have it. *shrug*

I'm not getting any post now. How do I go to the domain and authorize RCU.

It says that RCU is on a block sender list. How do I remove that

That's within either your mail program or in your ISP's spam filters.

Ken

Hi Irish hows it going, I am getting that plane ready not much longer.
see ya at the field.

Hey Stick
Dave and I went to the field yesterday got one long flight in. Field still a little soft from all the rain.
Did TD buy the cub?

I have restored my computer back approx 3 weeks and I am still not receiving current post.

Ya he did, it was a good move on his part. It will be agreat second plane, I hated to see him pass it up.

Marc
How do I start everything over again. I have been with HP help line and they can't help me. They suggested to start over again. I am not getting any active post anymore.

Go to "My account" at the top of the page and then to "forum settings" to verify you have RCU set up right.

Hi Bruce.
It seems like it is OK. I have to go to forums, airplane, beginner and then look at the post to be able to see what had been posted. It is not coming to my email like it use to.

And you still have "subscribe" checked on the individual threads? or are you trying to see "all threads" in a given forum? What email are you using?

And what email program are you using?

Outlook expressoperating on Windows XP
Sorry for the delay, but I have to access the messages a different way. This is really frustrating.

Outlook Express windows XP

I use Outlook (not express) but the instructions may be the same or similar. After using "help" to find "filter" setting info I found this which MAY help.

1. On the Tools menu, click Options.
2. On the Preferences tab, under E-mail, click Junk E-mail.
3. Select the protection level that you want.

No protection Although this turns off the automatic Junk E-mail Filter, Microsoft Office Outlook will continue to evaluate messages by using domain names and e-mail addresses on your Blocked Senders List, and messages will continue to be moved to your Junk E-mail folder.
Low If you don't receive many junk e-mail messages and want to see all but the most obvious junk messages, you should select this option.
High If you receive a large volume of junk e-mail messages, you should select this option. However, you should periodically review the messages moved to your Junk E-mail folder, because some wanted messages may be moved there as well.
Safe Lists Only Any e-mail messages sent from someone not on your Safe Senders List or sent to a mailing list not on the Safe Recipients List will be treated as junk e-mail messages.

Note Changing the protection level is not available if you are using an Exchange Server e-mail account and working online.

Thanks Bruce
I don't have the options that you suggested about the junk mail. I have a security tab and I have set that to the low setting. Still doesn't work

Gene,
Does your ISP do any spam filtering??

Ken

Here's a list of sites with tips about Outlook Express
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...press+problems