July 25, 2004
Comment spam

Okay, time to get serious. I was hit by over 3000 comment spams last night. Today's the day I do something about it.

Here's a good summary of types of weblog spam and measures that can be taken against them:

Learning Movable Type: Concerning Spam

UPDATE: Here's the most popular anti-comment spam measure:

MT-Blacklist - A Movable Type Anti-spam Plugin

And the site to update the database of spammers:

MT-Blacklist/Comment Spam Clearinghouse

AND ANOTHER UPDATE: MT-Blacklist worked. No more hours spent deleting spam. Thanks to Jason for installing it.

Posted by Dave at July 25, 2004 12:58 PM