Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by scottgus1 »

You can post and attach screenshots and text files and zips using the Upload Attachment tab under where you type posts. You just can't have web links in your post for the first day (keeps spammers at bay).
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by Perryg »

Your posting here shows you have entered the forums, and yes you can not post url's in your topic for a day due to security against bots. You really should not need to anyway. There is an attachment link at the bottom of your posting window where you can provide logs, Etc..
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by Tyrub »

Thanks .. I see my issue .... invalid text in description .... thank you.
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by Hugo_Pt »

Help me, please! I'm trying to post my first thread but I keep getting same error, even though I don't have absolutely no urls in text and in Subject: You must be a member for 1 days and have 1 posts before you can post urls. I then tried to send a PM to moderators reporting this preclusion and I get similar error: You must be a member for 5 days and have 5 posts before you can post urls in Private Messages.
I'm glad that I could post this same post you're reading, I thought I couldn't do it! Now I'll just have to wait 1 day to finally post my thread, which took me several hours to write!
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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Hugo_Pt wrote:even though I don't have absolutely no urls in text
There must be something there that prevents your text from being getting through the filter. Could you copy the "offending" text in a text file and attach it? If you can't get with a .txt extension, zip it.
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by Hugo_Pt »

ok, thank you for replying! I attached both the PM I tried to send to Perryg (and to the moderators) and the new thread message, I couldn't send or post neither of them because of this impenetrable and absurd error!
Attachments
Post a new topic.txt
(3.32 KiB) Downloaded 196 times
PM to Perryg.txt
(579 Bytes) Downloaded 68 times
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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I believe it's the "I checked virtualbox.org website" reference that got the filter going. Funny thing? You didn't even need that...
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
If you obfuscate any information requested, I will obfuscate my response. These are virtual UUIDs, not real ones.
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by Hugo_Pt »

I can't post this here now (check attachment text)! I get same error!
You're right, I totally missed that! I must be tired, I even skipped dinner because of this and it is 03:30 AM at my location! But what about the PM to Perryg text? What could possibly be the url there which triggered the filter? That's totally impenetrable and obscure!
[Mod edit: deleted .txt attachment, added text directly]
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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It's OK, it's 05:30 where I am ;)
I vaguely remember the you can't have the word "URL" in the text. You could have "U R L". But, I could be wrong...
Do NOT send me Personal Messages (PMs) for troubleshooting, they are simply deleted.
Do NOT reply with the "QUOTE" button, please use the "POST REPLY", at the bottom of the form.
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

Post by Hugo_Pt »

:idea: I figured that out seconds before you post it! It must be it! "UR*" (I typed this replacing * by L just to see if I could post it)! Mystery solved.
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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I had registered on this board in 2014 and now return back from Parallels...
Cannot change my password and cannot find how to proceed this in User Control Panel...
Please suggest
Thank you
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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You login is managed through the Oracle Single Sign on system. I would expect that if you logout then click login again when it takes you to the SSO page you can manage your password from there.

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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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I'm having trouble posting my first post. When I click "submit", the system displays the post window again, and it doesn't submit my ppost.
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Re: Discussion: The Forum Posting Guide

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@PaoloBarone, there should be a message in red at the top of your failed post. What does it say?
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I can't post

Post by PaoloBarone »

Hi,
I'm trying to post in the "VirtualBox on Windows Hosts" forum. When I click the "submit" button, it reloads the page, says, "Please read the Forum Posting Guide before you post. These guidelines and rules help the VirtualBox community to make the most of this forum, and help avoid unnecessary repetition of questions which have previously been asked and answered
You must be a member for 1 days and have 1 posts before you can post urls.", shows the post I typed in a text box, and shows the "submit" button at the bottom. I can't host. I didn't type any URLs in my post.
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