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Comment Spam Gone Wild

 
You may or may not have noticed that the volume of comment spam here has rocketed over the last few days. Starting Christmas Eve this site has been hit hard by the scum of the Earth. I've been working to prevent this being a problem and now have it under control. If all goes well for the next few weeks, I'll turn the systems in use here into a publically available system for comment spam prevention. In the meantime, however, please let me know if anything is behaving strangely!
 

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Haven't you considered using capta ? might help filter some post
I considered it, yes. However, I absolutely hate the idea of using a system that will make commenting more difficult for actual users. I need a solution that can operate almost invisibly.
Scott
United States #3: April 15, 2006
Any update on the success of your system? If so, I'd like to hear more about it.
 United States #4: May 18, 2006
Scott said:
"Any update on the success of your system? If so, I'd like to hear more about it."

Ditto. My site has been getting spam lately and I've implemented a few solutions but a few still show up from time to time... the more protection, the better.
Ian
United Kingdom #5: February 6, 2007
I'd be interested in your results too, i've found myself receiving lots of spam, mainly 'none deliverables' to email addresses i don't know from email addresses i don't know and its proving very difficult to shift them!
 United States #6: July 25, 2007
Try Spam Karma 2, it's a wordpress plugin, if you are in fact using wordpress. It works a treat!
Hi KDB. I'm using Akismet now and it's working quite well. I'm not using Wordpress either, so Spam Karma isn't an option for me. Thanks for the suggestion though!

 

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