I fought the spam and I won....at least I 'm going to win

Thursday, December 30. 2004

I fought the spam and I won....at least I 'm going to win

So after my shoutbox warning (I know I know...the spam is automated) I came in this morning to see yet another shoutbox spam. So I have now banned the stupid man/woman/computer's IP from my website. I also decided to go look through the comments I have recieved that have been identified as spam and indeed they were all spam...so I blocked their IPs too.

SO THERE

Posted by Mike Lively in News at 12:08 | Comments (2) | Trackbacks (0)

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Just want to see if the comment spam problem is solved now

#1 Peter Molow on 2005-04-18 09:48 (Reply)

Heh....I think that was a retorical question.

Comment spam actually has dwindled. I haven't had to delete or reject a comment now for quite some time. Now if only there were a reliable way to filter trackback spam....

I have tried out several solutions built into serendipty (my blogging program) to no avail. I think one of these days I might try coding my own, but where oh where do I find the time.

I am currently working on a cms project, an automated testing system (SimpleTest integration with apache-test....not going quickly as I had hoped,) my normal work related stuff (down to two sites) all while getting ready to have a baby!

That's not even to mention the things I have promised people I would do...oh well, I guess life is no fun if you aren't busy

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Thanks for the comment.

#2 mike.lively on 2005-04-18 21:17 (Reply)

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