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7 Responses to “Unwanted comments”

1. # Jagon 20 Oct 2004 at 12.42

   I have been through all that stress on my blog - but I did some things that fixed it a few weeks back - and I haven’t had a single spam comment since then!

   Here’s what I did:

   1. Chenge the name of your comment script to something other the the default - and change your emplates accordingly. This is the first line of defence - and will eliminate all the totally unsophisticated spambots.

   2. Next - change your comment script to force people to “preview” comments before posting. Of the ones that made it past your first line of defence above - some spambots will not get past this measure - as they only “push” the button once.

   3. The last line of defence is a blacklist. Any that *do* make it past the first two hurdles can only really be caught by this method.

   Also - you should consider preventing things like “crapflooding” - which is where repeated comments are made to your blog - you can employ measures like limiting the number of postings that can be made in any short time period - e.g. number of comments permitted per day - or time between comments submitted etc.

2. # lorenzon 20 Oct 2004 at 14.41

   Hi! I remember this article. It summarises some strategies to fight comment-spam:
   Bloggers Declare War on Comment Spam, but Can They Win?
   http://ojr.org/ojr/glaser/1095201311.php

3. # charuon 20 Oct 2004 at 16.42

   thanks guys, will try… am really sick of this…

4. # Sameeron 29 Oct 2004 at 15.35

   There you go, Charu!

   indsight.org is now protected by a blacklist-based spam filtration policy. no more sick comments!

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6. # கில்லி - Gilli » Chase the skirts now, soon you will be washing them! - Charuon 10 Jun 2006 at 14.54

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