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rme
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vip
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Doesn't use these forums that often.
How about:

mtgox.com (Forum warning: Leads to google.com!)
legendary
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So you are removing the url= xy option?
Could be a bit bothersome for really long links.
Maybe the warning for not matching links is the better option.

No. It only affects links where the link text would be automatically linkified even without [url]. In these cases, the [url] is either redundant or used to hide the true link destination.

How about:

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[url=x]x[/url]

Gets automatically converted to:

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[url]x[/url]

The issue is that these anti-phishing procedures may not be correct. For example, what about the following:
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Remember to [url=mailto:[email protected]]mail.me[/url] for more info!

Which is being converted to:
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Remember to mail.me for more info!

Which breaks the link!

And also, the procedures can be circumvented by using http://google.com.
administrator
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So you are removing the url= xy option?
Could be a bit bothersome for really long links.
Maybe the warning for not matching links is the better option.

No. It only affects links where the link text would be automatically linkified even without [url]. In these cases, the [url] is either redundant or used to hide the true link destination.
sr. member
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Actually, I'm just going to remove that warning and make it so:
- [url=https://bitcointalk.org]https://bitcointalk.org[/url] becomes https://bitcointalk.org
- [url=www.google.com]www.google.com[/url] becomes www.google.com
- [url=http://www.google.com]www.google.com[/url] becomes www.google.com
- [url=http://phishing.org]https://bitcointalk.org[/url] becomes https://bitcointalk.org
So you are removing the url= xy option?
Could be a bit bothersome for really long links.
Maybe the warning for not matching links is the better option.
administrator
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Merit: 13032
Actually, I'm just going to remove that warning and make it so:
- [url=https://bitcointalk.org]https://bitcointalk.org[/url] becomes https://bitcointalk.org
- [url=www.google.com]www.google.com[/url] becomes www.google.com
- [url=http://www.google.com]www.google.com[/url] becomes www.google.com
- [url=http://phishing.org]https://bitcointalk.org[/url] becomes https://bitcointalk.org
administrator
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I made it so [url=x]x[/url] doesn't trigger a warning if x is exactly the same in both places.
hero member
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It's automatically done to posts.

This kind of link posting can trigger it:
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[url=www.google.com]www.google.com[/url] ([color=red]Forum warning: Possible phishing link![/color])

Links posted this way should be fine:
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www.google.com

Awesome!
legendary
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Keep it real
It's automatically done to posts.

This kind of link posting can trigger it:
Code:
[url=www.google.com]www.google.com[/url]

Links posted this way should be fine:
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www.google.com
sr. member
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Yes I have one!
How do I get rid of it? I did not do anything wrong - it just appeared.
hero member
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Is this a new implementation of the forum? I've been seeing this lately today, from quite a different users. Or are posts edited by mods and adding it?

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([color=red]Forum warning: Possible phishing link![/color])

(Forum warning: Possible phishing link!)
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