A user reports an issue where whitelisted domains like discuss.newrelic.com are appearing in a spam notification despite being allowed, raising questions about whether this is a bug and if wildcard support exists. codinghorror clarifies that wildcarding isn’t supported, but subdomains of whitelisted domains should be allowed. riking notes that only github.com is actively blocking content, while other domains like coreos.com and deis.io are the actual culprits. lisajill finds the error message confusing because it lists whitelisted domains as blocked, suggesting clearer wording—such as specifying “external” domains—would help. Mittineague agrees, and jesus2099 confirms understanding that newrelic.com and its subdomains are allowed if listed, but seeks clarification on the scope of the rule.
Hi all,
We have a limit of 4 links in a post for a new user. We also have a few whitelisted domains:
However, despite that list - which hasn’t changed in a few days, we just received system notification for a moderation action:
So I have a few questions:
There is no wildcard support here. However, it was my understanding that listing the domain automatically allows all subdomains too.
I am also pretty sure that the site itself is not the source of spam, e.g. you do not need to have discuss.newrelic.com in there. Self links are always allowed…
In this case the other domains are likely the issue, eg coreos.com and deis.io
Yep, the only entry actually doing anything there is github.com.
I find it confusing that it lists domains that are allowed; I did not find the error clear in that it was blocking only due to the other domains. Specifically:
The user is still able to create new posts that do not link to docs.newrelic.com, coreos.com, discuss.newrelic.com.
I find that I get messages from our mods on this as well. Perhaps a review of the verbiage for this one could make it more clear?
Inserting “external” ?
i.e.
“A list of external domains excluded …”
That would work so long as the ones that are whitelisted don’t appear. What threw me here was seeing domains that are in the Whitelist listed as ‘blocked’ in the private message.
In the error I quoted the PM should have listed only ‘coreos.com’ and deis.io’ - not our domains.
Make sense?
What was listed in the message should have been the domains the user tried to post over and over in their posts – it is not listing anything except what the user entered.
I understand that now; I don’t understand that from the error though.
Hello, Just to be sure I have well understood. Will the following setting allow anything coming from HTTP://anything.newrelic.com, HTTPS://anything.newrelic.com, HTTP://newrelic.com, and HTTPS://newrelic.com ?
