Microsoft bans TinyURL links from instant messages

[xxMATTGxx]

Every few weeks we see a another, perfectly safe domain name getting blocked by Messenger's annoying and above all ineffecient server-side SPIM filter. Today's victim is TinyURL, a popular URL-shortening service that gets over 1.5 billion hits each month. Messages containing a TinyURL link won't get passed the evil filter.

Getting this out to the world, Microsoft will hopefully kick the *** of the third party managing the list of blocked domains and undo the blunder.


- Taken from Mess.be -

*** = You know what ;]

[Leetzgirl]

i think habbox filtered it as well.

[xxMATTGxx]

i think habbox filtered it as well.

Yeah I changed the post :P

[Leetzgirl]

just wondering

what url did they ban?

getting confuse xD

Edited by Kaotix12 (Forum Super Moderator): Accidental double post merged.

[xxMATTGxx]

just wondering

what url did they ban?

getting confuse xD

The TinyURL links. When you make a long link into one of them tiny links with a .com at the end and /some random letters etc. They have banned them.

[Technologic]

Well if we see anything like what happpened with youtube this will be gone by next week

[Pyroka]

All www. websites have been banned for me tbh, I can't even type www.youtube.com... Just says message couldnt be sent, so I just say youtube.com and it works.

[xxMATTGxx]

This has been lifted by the way.

[Technologic]

This has been lifted by the way.
Told you so

[Titch]

i am confused, they banned it from msn?

[no waiii]

Yes the banned it from MSN

[brandon]

I tried it and it worked :s

[xxMATTGxx]

Told you so

They would have to anyway, they get like millions of people moaning? lol.



i am confused, they banned it from msn?

Msn like in the messenger, actually has a filter. They ban websites most people use every so often like youtube.




I tried it and it worked :s

They lifted it now.

[Jordy]

Microsoft are always blocking and unblocking things, do you reckon some WLM Nerds just go to work in the morning, block them and as they're going home, they unblock them and laugh at how many people have noticed on all these fansites.

[xxMATTGxx]

Microsoft are always blocking and unblocking things, do you reckon some WLM Nerds just go to work in the morning, block them and as they're going home, they unblock them and laugh at how many people have noticed on all these fansites.

I wouldn't be surprised LOL.