Title: Problems with false positive
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Problems with false positive

 *  Resolved [hm_u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hm_u/)
 * (@hm_u)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/)
 * Hi,
    I have several readers that complained that they could not post comments,
   even if it was working for other. Here is the log of three attempts by the same
   person to leave a comment: [http://pastebin.com/kL92PNdN](http://pastebin.com/kL92PNdN)
 * How can I identify what’s wrong?
 * Best,
    Manu [http://www.maathiildee.com](http://www.maathiildee.com)
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 *  Plugin Contributor [redsand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redsand/)
 * (@redsand)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/#post-4958358)
 * Hi Manu,
 * Thanks for reporting this. I am committed to zero false positives, so anytime
   I hear about one, I’m on it with a fix as soon as possible. This same issue was
   reported a couple days ago, and I already have a fix programmed into the next
   release. 🙂
 * I’ll be releasing it with the fix in the next day or so.
 * – Scott
 *  Plugin Contributor [redsand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redsand/)
 * (@redsand)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/#post-4958362)
 * Version 1.1.7 released with a fix for this. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [hm_u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hm_u/)
 * (@hm_u)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/#post-4958364)
 * Awesome! Should the activation of the “M2” option have any effect on that too?
   When should we use that option?
 *  Plugin Contributor [redsand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redsand/)
 * (@redsand)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/#post-4958366)
 * 🙂 M2 won’t have any effect. In fact I’m considering removing M2 as an option
   altogether since it hasn’t been needed in a long time and (from what I can tell)
   not too many people use it. (M2 is a relic of the previous version of the plugin
   that I wrote 7 years ago. Back then it was helpful, but with that standardization
   of a lot of things on the internet and browsers, and the overall improvements
   to the plugin over time, it no longer needs it.) So all that to say, you probably
   don’t ever need to use M2.
 * The issue you were having was that some legitimate comments were being rejected
   if the page the user commented on contained tracking variables in the URL query
   string (ie. “something=value” – for tracking marketing campaigns, etc). The “?
   utm_source=” and such. It’s all been fixed though.
 * I appreciate you providing logs. That helps me diagnose issues quickly. When 
   I saw the error code and looked at the rest of the log entries, I knew what the
   problem was immediately.
 * Don’t hesitate to ask for help if you ever need it again. Have a good one! 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [hm_u](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hm_u/)
 * (@hm_u)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/#post-4958368)
 * Thanks for your time to fix the plugin and answer questions! Marked this thread
   as solved. Have a good one too!
 *  Plugin Contributor [redsand](https://wordpress.org/support/users/redsand/)
 * (@redsand)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problems-with-false-positive/#post-4958369)
 * You’re very welcome! Anytime. Thank you. 🙂

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