Comments on: Getting spammed in earnest now http://blog.xcski.com/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:22:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Eric http://blog.xcski.com/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-996 Eric Fri, 24 Jun 2005 15:22:03 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-996 I hear you about the comment spam. Spam Lookup for MT 3.1x works wonders (catches or moderates about 150 -- 100% of the junk -- per day) for me, but I worry about the bandwidth. I am trying to figure out how to get my ISP to blacklist the offending referral urls. I hear you about the comment spam. Spam Lookup for MT 3.1x works wonders (catches or moderates about 150 — 100% of the junk — per day) for me, but I worry about the bandwidth. I am trying to figure out how to get my ISP to blacklist the offending referral urls.

]]> By: gordon.dewis.ca http://blog.xcski.com/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-953 gordon.dewis.ca Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:11:13 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-953 <strong>Blog spam</strong> Over the last couple of days, the amount of spam has increased significantly. I have had to weed out about 50 comments that made it in and moderate at least a hundred that didn't. What I don't understand is why the spammers think they have the ri... Blog spam

Over the last couple of days, the amount of spam has increased significantly. I have had to weed out about 50 comments that made it in and moderate at least a hundred that didn’t.

What I don’t understand is why the spammers think they have the ri…

]]> By: Gordon Dewis http://blog.xcski.com/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-952 Gordon Dewis Tue, 21 Jun 2005 16:01:30 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-952 I've noticed that the blogspam has gone up for my site too over the last day or two. And some of it is sneaking past the filters, which is annoying. There's also been some trackback spam which doesn't seem to get caught. *sigh* I’ve noticed that the blogspam has gone up for my site too over the last day or two. And some of it is sneaking past the filters, which is annoying. There’s also been some trackback spam which doesn’t seem to get caught.

*sigh*

]]> By: Barry Price http://blog.xcski.com/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-951 Barry Price Tue, 21 Jun 2005 13:00:53 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/06/21/getting-spammed-in-earnest-now#comment-951 Weird, my blog used to get utterly hammered by spammers, but although I haven't changed anything, Spam Karma 2 tells me that the last attempt at comment spam (unsuccessful, of course) was on May 23. I feel your pain though, I remember trying to manage what evolved into a massive problem under MovableType 2, and it was horrific. Fortunately I still never went anywhere near my bandwidth allowance - this is the advantage of being read by nobody (and of being your own hosting provider)... Weird, my blog used to get utterly hammered by spammers, but although I haven’t changed anything, Spam Karma 2 tells me that the last attempt at comment spam (unsuccessful, of course) was on May 23.

I feel your pain though, I remember trying to manage what evolved into a massive problem under MovableType 2, and it was horrific. Fortunately I still never went anywhere near my bandwidth allowance - this is the advantage of being read by nobody (and of being your own hosting provider)…

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