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1 Jul 19, 2005 19:39    

Can I turn off the url check when I write posts? I have a post with many url's in it and i'm getting the error "Cannot update, please correct these errors: * Found invalid URL: URL not allowed"

I hate it I hate it I hate it!!!

just for completeness sake, here is the post I'm trying to publish. I have no clue how to find the troublesome url....

WASHINGTON (July 18, 2005) -- Forty conservation groups today asked President Ricardo Lagos of Chile to create a protected area for blue whales in Chile's Patagonia region. The request, delivered by the <a href="http://www.nrdc.org/">Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to Chile's Ambassador in Washington, Andres Bianchi</a>, follows the spectacular discovery of a blue whale nursery near the large island of <a href="http://www.chilediscover.com/chiloeisland.htm">Chiloé</a> in the Corcovado Gulf in Chile's eleventh region.

The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_whale">blue whale</a>, which can reach lengths of a hundred feet, is the largest creature on Earth (larger than the biggest dinosaurs). It was brought close to extinction in the early 20th century by <a href="http://www.debatabase.org/details.asp?topicID=157">commercial whaling</a>, which was banned internationally in the 1960s. The population of blue whales has begun to recover, but scientists say the recovery is hampered by a lack of knowledge about their behavior and the lack of protection for their main habitats. There are between 800 and 2900 <a href="http://www.animalinfo.org/species/cetacean/balamusc.htm#Population">blue whales left</a> in the southern hemisphere, approximately one percent of the pre-whaling population.

In 2003, a group of Chilean scientists headed by Dr. Rodrigo Hucke Gaete, a researcher at the <a href="http://www.uach.cl/">Austral University</a> and director of the non-profit Center for Blue Whales, <a href="http://www.cdnn.info/eco/e031211c/e031211c.html">documented a population of blue whales feeding and nursing</a> near Corcovado Gulf in southern Chile. Scientific work over the following year confirmed the importance of the blue whale nursery to the species.

"We were astounded to find such a large population of blue whales making their home in Patagonia," said Hucke Gaete. "The biological richness of the area and low levels of contamination make it vital to the global efforts to protect this magnificent animal for future generations."

The <a href="http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov">U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service</a> plan for recovery of the blue whale specifically includes promoting efforts to protect areas of known importance for the species.

"Protecting this area will benefit the blue whale and Chilean marine ecosystems, and could transform the region into a world-class ecotourist destination," said NRDC attorney José Yunis.

Organizations signing the letter include <a href="http://www.conservation.org">Conservation Internacional (CI)</a>, <a href="http://nature.org">The Nature Conservancy (TNC)</a>, the <a href="http://www.nrdc.org">Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)</a>, the <a href="http://www.iucn.org">World Conservation Union (IUCN)</a>, the <a href="http://www.wcs.org/">Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS)</a> and the <a href="http://www.panda.org">World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)</a>.

To read the letter in English or Spanish, see below. For more information visit www.ballenazul.org and www.savebiogems.org.

Related Links:
<a href="http://www.savebiogems.org/patagonia/">Save the Patagonia Coast</a>
<a href="http://www.noranda.com/default_home.htm">Noranda Inc.</a>
<a href="http://cpppcltrust.tripod.com/ecologyactionsydney/id5.html">Action for Aysen in Patagonia, Chile's 11th region threatened by Noranda hydro/smelter</a>
<a href="http://www.noalumysa.cl/">No-Alumysa Campaign</a>
<a href="http://www.minesandcommunities.org/Action/press193.htm">Aluminum project finds few friends in Patagonia</a>
<a href="http://www.wdcs.org/dan/publishing.nsf/allweb/2B57D7AC1AAFF4AB8025703F00327EC0">Endangered Species Programme - Blue whale</a>

2 Jul 19, 2005 20:32

You are most likely seeing this because of an entry in your antispam blacklist. I was able to preview all of that on my blog, so there wasn't anything in my antispam list that was stopping it, but yours may be different. Look through your antispam list and see if you have tripod.com blocked or maybe the top level domain .cl . You can narrow it down by putting in half of the post and previewing it. If it fails, then cut it in half again and preview. Keep doing that until you find the offending url, then remove it from your post or go to the antispam list and allow the keyword that is causing the problem.

4 Jul 19, 2005 21:44

Are you sure, YaBBa? I'm able to post that just fine.

6 Jul 20, 2005 00:25

Glad you found the culprit.

Are you sure, YaBBa? I'm able to post that just fine.

Yeah, but they fail when you post them as <a href=" ... on the off chance that is the problem I pointed it out.
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7 Jul 20, 2005 16:57

personman wrote:

You are most likely seeing this because of an entry in your antispam blacklist. I was able to preview all of that on my blog, so there wasn't anything in my antispam list that was stopping it, but yours may be different. Look through your antispam list and see if you have tripod.com blocked or maybe the top level domain .cl . You can narrow it down by putting in half of the post and previewing it. If it fails, then cut it in half again and preview. Keep doing that until you find the offending url, then remove it from your post or go to the antispam list and allow the keyword that is causing the problem.

You got it bang on, thanks for the tip, I posted the first half and continued adding paragraphs to find out the problematic url (I have banned .info globally).

Thanks,
Ryan

8 Jul 20, 2005 17:04

Great. I'm glad you found it.


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