April 6, 2012
by Neil T
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This past week has seen a big increase in the amount of comment spam that has been submitted to this site. So far, all of it, bar one, has been caught by Akismet, however, normally a lot is caught by … Continue reading
August 15, 2009
by Neil T
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To keep this blog free of spam, I use a variety of plugins for Movable Type.
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July 24, 2008
by Neil T
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The latest trend in comment spam? Copying somebody else’s previously approved comment and working your website links into the text.
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July 1, 2007
by Neil T
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It looks like some of the spam bots out there are now taking the Comment Challenge plugin into account, as I’ve had some automated spam where the extra question has been answered correctly.
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May 12, 2007
by Neil T
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Back in July, I installed Comment Challenge, a plugin for Movable Type which adds an extra question to the comment form for those not using OpenID. Until the past few days, this has blocked around 99.9% of the comment spam … Continue reading
August 24, 2006
by Neil T
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In Britain, we have this law called the Data Protection Act, which dictates what companies and organisations can and can’t do with data about its customers, clients or employees.
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July 22, 2006
by Neil T
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Along with the upgrade to MT 3.31, I also installed Jay Allen’s Comment Challenge plugin. It’s a very simple, and at least for the time being, very effective anti-spam plugin for Movable Type, that adds an extra compulsory field to the comment form.
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July 22, 2006
by Neil T
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Having spoken to others bloggers about this it appears I’m not alone in receiving a huge increase in comment spam lately.
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October 12, 2003
by Neil T
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