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Been having trouble with spammers depositing their offensive crap in the comments sections of my blogging software. And it's not just me. Many people with Movable Type are having this problem. If you read their 10.15.2003 entry on the MT homepage, you'll see where the authors of this award-winning software (listed under Best Practices) address this issue. Fortunately a guy name Jay Allen has whipped up a little program called MT-Blacklist (v1.5), which not only blocks spammers' entries, but also allows you to delete prior entries (de-spam). The MT software, strange as it might seem, does not (yet) provide this feature. We were hit by a variety of spammers: Casinos, hotels, and Viagra, about 5 from each. It upset me more than I imagined it would. Most frustrating was that I couldn't do anything about it .. until MT-Blacklist was released. Here is a screenshot of the program interface (13-KB). Spammers would say things like,. "Hey, Nice site. Check out mine ... Viagra4less.com." These bastards should have bamboo shoots slid up under their fingernails. Nah: that's too good for them. But now, all these entries are gone. Installation of MT-Blacklist was surprisingly simple, and the program is easy to use. Couldn't ask for anything better. My blog-page is here:> Ye Olde Rad Blog. |
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