Comments on: Spam, Spam, Spam http://allanmcrae.com/2009/06/spam-spam-spam/ One day this will feature a witty tagline… Wed, 16 May 2012 13:51:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: cactus http://allanmcrae.com/2009/06/spam-spam-spam/#comment-15 cactus Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:55:03 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=151#comment-15 Most of those are likely automated bots. I imagine they spider around, and attempt to post benign messages. If it succeeds, then your site is probably listed/flagged as postable, and fed into some kind of list. My hunch is that the actual 'spam' job runs on that list, possibly from different IP addresses or something. Just a guess, but I really doubt there is some guy manually going around and making all those posts. Most of those are likely automated bots. I imagine they spider around, and attempt to post benign messages. If it succeeds, then your site is probably listed/flagged as postable, and fed into some kind of list.

My hunch is that the actual ‘spam’ job runs on that list, possibly from different IP addresses or something.
Just a guess, but I really doubt there is some guy manually going around and making all those posts.

]]> By: Dan McGee http://allanmcrae.com/2009/06/spam-spam-spam/#comment-14 Dan McGee Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:11:49 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=151#comment-14 Yeah, I didn't do comment moderation initially either, and I can't remember exactly how long it was to the first spam comment but it wasn't long. I do two things now so I don't have to manually moderate. First, I use the great http://akismet.com/ blog comment moderation API, which has a Python module, to screen the comments as they come in. If the service marks them as spam, I simply hide the comment from public view (although it does end up in my comments storage). The second line of defense is a banned IP table- if I see spam rolling in from an IP address more than once, they end up in this table and they are done forever from bothering me. I belive Wordpress has built in integration of Akismet, so you might want to give it a shot. Yeah, I didn’t do comment moderation initially either, and I can’t remember exactly how long it was to the first spam comment but it wasn’t long.

I do two things now so I don’t have to manually moderate. First, I use the great http://akismet.com/ blog comment moderation API, which has a Python module, to screen the comments as they come in. If the service marks them as spam, I simply hide the comment from public view (although it does end up in my comments storage). The second line of defense is a banned IP table- if I see spam rolling in from an IP address more than once, they end up in this table and they are done forever from bothering me.

I belive WordPress has built in integration of Akismet, so you might want to give it a shot.

]]> By: Maki http://allanmcrae.com/2009/06/spam-spam-spam/#comment-13 Maki Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:49:15 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=151#comment-13 Yeah, i had the same comments at my own blog recently, really wierd ... I guess someone should really investigate this issue Yeah, i had the same comments at my own blog recently, really wierd …
I guess someone should really investigate this issue

]]> By: Taoufix http://allanmcrae.com/2009/06/spam-spam-spam/#comment-12 Taoufix Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:41:54 +0000 http://allanmcrae.com/?p=151#comment-12 Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder’n bout this issue,so thanks for posting. :D Hi, very nice post. I have been wonder’n bout this issue,so thanks for posting.
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