CathInfo now filters every "web address-like" element from the signature field, as well as from the Homepage field.

If you fill in a "homepage" in your Profile, the link will take you to "Angelus Web Design".
AND the link title will be modified (so you can't give out the address that way)

The signature won't permit links anymore. That includes embedded images (apologies to members who liked to include a graphic at the bottom of their posts...)

I'm sure spammers would eventually take advantage of that one as well -- they'd post a graphic with info about their website, etc.

CathInfo is just getting big and "noticed", and I want to discourage spam as much as possible. Apparently they found out that links on CathInfo are NOT marked "nofollow" which means they COULD theoretically get Google pagerank by posting here.

Sorry spammers, not anymore. Spammers go elsewhere. No benefit to you wasting your time here.

Next step will be auto-deletion of any "signature" for those who fill one in at registration time.

Matthew