Comments on: My Vacation is Over http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2008/08/15/my-vacation-is-over/ Software > Open Source Development > Mozilla > Firefox > Greasemonkey > Scripting/Coding Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:41:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: jkasprzak http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2008/08/15/my-vacation-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-12688 jkasprzak Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:19:57 +0000 http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2008/08/15/my-vacation-is-over/#comment-12688 There was a time that I noticed that many spam comments were coming from the same few IP addresses. So what I would do was blacklist these IP addresses. A plugin like the one that I am working on can give information on which IP addresses to blacklist. Akismet may already filter spam so that blacklists would not be necessary. Still, I find that Akismet makes CAPTCHAs for posting comments unnecessary, and CAPTCHAs do get used. A plugin that gives information about who is trying to post spam can be useful, and I will write more about that later. There was a time that I noticed that many spam comments were coming from the same few IP addresses. So what I would do was blacklist these IP addresses. A plugin like the one that I am working on can give information on which IP addresses to blacklist. Akismet may already filter spam so that blacklists would not be necessary. Still, I find that Akismet makes CAPTCHAs for posting comments unnecessary, and CAPTCHAs do get used. A plugin that gives information about who is trying to post spam can be useful, and I will write more about that later.

]]> By: MK http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2008/08/15/my-vacation-is-over/comment-page-1/#comment-12603 MK Sat, 16 Aug 2008 00:27:55 +0000 http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2008/08/15/my-vacation-is-over/#comment-12603 Ah yes, Akismet saved my blogging-life too. Could be interesting to learn more about who is trying to post spam comments -- though what can be done with that information, I wonder? It seems really hard, like emptying the ocean with a teaspoon, or whatever that expression is that I am completely mutilating. Ah yes, Akismet saved my blogging-life too. Could be interesting to learn more about who is trying to post spam comments — though what can be done with that information, I wonder? It seems really hard, like emptying the ocean with a teaspoon, or whatever that expression is that I am completely mutilating.

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