I love paganini, so this is not a complaint but a question only.

Often I get "badword" in my bastard operator from hell posts where nothing
seems out of place to me, but they fail to pass bofh badword filters.

Below is an exact post which had to be sent by mixmin.
Where/what is the bad word?

(it failed with bofh's server, so I'll send it via Steve's server instead)

========== cut here ==========
AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

> It's a real thing and concentration (pH value) varies both
> locally and over time:
>
> https://uen.pressbooks.pub/introductorychemistry/chapter/chemistry-of-acid-rain/

Thank you for that link which showed in the first 99% that chemistry is
hard, but in the last 1% showed chemistry is easy with its conclusion.

What it said, in effect, if I understood what it said that is, is that
rainwater is naturally carbonated to about pH 5.6 by CO2 in the air.

It says that means if the rainwater is lower than pH 5.6, only then is it
considered to be acid rain. If it's pH 5.6 or above, it's not acid rain.

Seems simple enough.

I think they sell test strips somewhere where the plan based on that
information is if the pH is below 5.6 then it's acid rain water.

Another question to ask is whether it really matters for what people use
distilled water for, which for me is the cooling system, summer windshield
washer mix (a drop of dish detergent is added to the full fill) and steam
iron.

What else than that do you use distilled water for around the home & car?
Does it matter for what you use distilled water around the home & car?

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On 08 Jan 2023, Bugsy <bugsy@zimage.comBUGSY> posted some
news:tpet7e$21jag$1@news.mixmin.net:

> I love paganini, so this is not a complaint but a question only.
>
> Often I get "badword" in my bastard operator from hell posts where
> nothing seems out of place to me, but they fail to pass bofh badword
> filters.
>
> Below is an exact post which had to be sent by mixmin.
> Where/what is the bad word?
>
> (it failed with bofh's server, so I'll send it via Steve's server
> instead)
>
> ========== cut here ==========
> AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
>
>> It's a real thing and concentration (pH value) varies both
>> locally and over time:
>>
>> https://uen.pressbooks.pub/introductorychemistry/chapter/chemistry-of-
>> acid-rain/
>
> Thank you for that link which showed in the first 99% that chemistry
> is hard, but in the last 1% showed chemistry is easy with its
> conclusion.
>
> What it said, in effect, if I understood what it said that is, is that
> rainwater is naturally carbonated to about pH 5.6 by CO2 in the air.
>
> It says that means if the rainwater is lower than pH 5.6, only then is
> it considered to be acid rain. If it's pH 5.6 or above, it's not acid
> rain.
>
> Seems simple enough.
>
> I think they sell test strips somewhere where the plan based on that
> information is if the pH is below 5.6 then it's acid rain water.
>
> Another question to ask is whether it really matters for what people
> use distilled water for, which for me is the cooling system, summer
> windshield washer mix (a drop of dish detergent is added to the full
> fill) and steam iron.
>
> What else than that do you use distilled water for around the home &
> car? Does it matter for what you use distilled water around the home &
> car?
>

I am seeing the same thing with this url in the body of the post,
<http://www.treasury.gov/> Tried a few posts and they all got rejected
until I took the link out.

On 08/01/2023 18:07, Bugsy wrote:
> I love paganini, so this is not a complaint but a question only.
>
> Often I get "badword" in my bastard operator from hell posts where nothing
> seems out of place to me, but they fail to pass bofh badword filters.

Give me the specific error the newsserver give to you. And I can give u
the reply.

Next time write to my email, thank's.

Sincerely

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On 10/01/2023 12:33, Ivo Gandolfo wrote:
> On 08/01/2023 18:07, Bugsy wrote:
>> I love paganini, so this is not a complaint but a question only.
>>
>> Often I get "badword" in my bastard operator from hell posts where
>> nothing
>> seems out of place to me, but they fail to pass bofh badword filters.
>
> Give me the specific error the newsserver give to you. And I can give
> u the reply.
>
> Next time write to my email, thank's.
>
> Sincerely
>

Today, at present (@17:43 GMT) the server is down. Can't connect at all
and no specific error message.

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On 10/01/2023 18:44, Bad Kook wrote:
>
> Today, at present (@17:43 GMT) the server is down. Can't connect at all
> and no specific error message.
>
>
>

Little hiccup from my provider (OVH), just solved.

Sincerely

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On 10/01/2023 19:35, Ivo Gandolfo wrote:
> On 10/01/2023 18:44, Bad Kook wrote:
>>
>> Today, at present (@17:43 GMT) the server is down. Can't connect at
>> all and no specific error message.

I checked the log's, and I found the problem: the link provided in this
message it's listed on a banlist, this is the reason of the newssserver
refuse to talk with you :)

Sincerely

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On 11/01/2023 11:55, Ivo Gandolfo wrote:
>
> I checked the log's, and I found the problem: the link provided in
> this message it's listed on a banlist, this is the reason of the
> newssserver refuse to talk with you :)
>
Well I'll to have to find another server which can give me space to post
without slapping me a ban-list.

Happy New Year.

Ivo Gandolfo <usenet@bofh.team> wrote:

> Give me the specific error the newsserver give to you.

Thanks for looking at this to see if you can find out what's wrong.

Alls you have to do is send the original post message to your server.
Anyone could test it as I just tested it moments ago.

This is the error in its entirety.
"Posting article failed: Badword [Body]; [paga][Finished]"

Here is a screen grab of the error but you can just send the op to your
server and the same error will happen every single time you send it.
https://i.postimg.cc/Y234GZ1p/clipboard.jpg

> Next time write to my email, thank's.

That's a random email addy that I can't even check.

> And I can give u the reply.

Best to look at the bofh nntp badword filter log file after sending the
original message to the nntp server. I don't have access to your logs.
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On 23/01/2023 01:53, Bugsy wrote:
> Best to look at the bofh nntp badword filter log file after sending the
> original message to the nntp server. I don't have access to your logs.

I checked my log, and found the problem: the link you have writted it's
on a blacklist. My server (due to open-server policies) use various
blacklist to protect themselves. If you remove this link, you can post
withous any problem.

Sincerely

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Ivo Gandolfo <usenet@bofh.team> wrote:

> I checked my log, and found the problem: the link you have writted it's
> on a blacklist. My server (due to open-server policies) use various
> blacklist to protect themselves. If you remove this link, you can post
> withous any problem.

Hi Mr. Gandolfo,
I tried to send you this message using your server - but it *also* gave a
badword error (which I can't see why). So I'll send it with mixmin instead.

~~~~~~~~[ this exact post gave a badword just now on paga ]~~~~~~~~

Thanks for checking that the post contains a link which is on a blacklist.
The only link in the post is to a chemistry book chapter on acid rain.
I can't imagine that the blacklist is all that reliable if it's that.

Not a big deal.
What you're telling me is there's nothing you can do about it.

I understand your plight.
It's not easy being a server admin, especially for a free server.

So I very much thankfully appreciate your work and effort and kindness.
I already sent the article long ago (using another server), so it's fine.

I just wanted to know *why* I was getting "badword" errors which, to me
means I was swearing or using the n word or something that *is* a bad word.

I do very much thank you for your kindness in figuring this problem out!

BTW, sometimes I get an error "too many posts" where I don't post a lot.
Maybe five posts, all day on a good day (but I don't generally count them).

Do you know offhand what the post limit is for any given time period?
(I'll be using up one of those posts right now! :=)
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