I'm still to find any of the other posts I mentioned my Heil PR40 in.
Perhaps if this one disappears, it'll be easier  

I just posted the same without my sign. Saw the post for a sec, but it's missing again.

A new thread of mine has disappeared - I thought maybe it was an error so I posted it again. I cannot PM you the link (and I don't have the first one though) - thought maybe it was held back for Moderation

Zargg
I just posted the same without my sign. Saw the post for a sec, but it's missing again.

Maybe if I keep bringing it back Akismet will learn it's not spam. Fingers crossed. Don't really know what else to do.

Anderton

Zargg
I just posted the same without my sign. Saw the post for a sec, but it's missing again.

Maybe if I keep bringing it back Akismet will learn it's not spam. Fingers crossed. Don't really know what else to do.

Hope it helps. It's a very good Mike 

a lot of time when you got back to edit a typo right after posting, the post disappears ... so that seems to have nothing to do with the content (as it posted OK just seconds before) but with the timing / editing / same content going through the filter within a short time frame ...
 
i'm almost certain if I go back and edit this, it will disappear ... so i won't

and the post disappears if it disappeared before and you try to post it again ... some more hints on same content going through the filters in short time (which unfortunately all spam is about)

Rob[atSound-Rehab]
and the post disappears if it disappeared before and you try to post it again ... some more hints on same content going through the filters in short time (which unfortunately all spam is about)

 Well, yeah - I edited twice (or three times) because I forgot some stuff - when it suddenly wasn't there anymore I posted it again and had to edit two-three times because an URL wasn't displayed.
 
Problem is, it is an important (relatively spoken) Bug report and for ease of posting I copy-pasted the mail to support in there. As soon as I can PM I'll PM, but somehow rewriting the report is a bit tedious - with the possibility of it being removed again.
 
Suggestions?

Any host can restore a post. PM or contact any host if you don't see your post. We can see posts that have been removed when we view a thread and often we just restore them. We are able to view the flagged post and decide whether it should be restored. I routinely restore posts. My only issue is often a poster will repost thinking it didn't catch or something and we see a  bunch of posts. We then have to decide which to restore.
 
When sending a PM please give us as much information about it. I am sorry that any one is inconvenienced by this.  
 
 

Rob[atSound-Rehab]
and the post disappears if it disappeared before and you try to post it again ... some more hints on same content going through the filters in short time (which unfortunately all spam is about)

That's a good point. I've had posts that I edited shortly after posting do the disappearing act.

It makes sense is a way in that one characteristic of spam bots is they keep trying to post at high speed, so a spam detector is likely to regard such symptoms as indicative. Another sign of potential bot activity seems to be if the same account or IP address attempts a number of data entries in a short period.

The problem is that spam/abuse detectors are trying to use a technological approach to solve what is essentially a social problem - people wanting to disrupt, or insistant that everyone one the planet gets to see their spam all the time. Fighting the stuff has been an arms race since the mid 90s, and the moer effective the technology is at blocking stuff the more likely it is to also make false positives and decide genuine content is abuse.