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It seems it depends on exactly what order the vb code appears in the message. It's not very easy to catch them all. Just taking the URL code as an example, I have to check for [ URL ], [ URL =.... ], [ URL ="..... ] etc. And then there is the problem of posts that embed the url by doing a please click HERE type thing. I either replace the HERE with the underlying url which may make the sentence to appear nonsense, or I could simply strip out the URL which is probably even worse. Then there's quotes and embedded quotes, colors with the # colors without the # but with double quotes.... I could go on, but you get the picture. And if that weren't enough, you have custom bbcodes

Anyway, I'll re-visit the regexes that trap these and see what I can do. The safest solution, however, is to turn vbcode off for usenet forums.