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Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Spam Storms In, despite deleting file wp-comments-post.phpI had 166 trackback spams in my moderation queue this morning and they were still coming in as fast as I could delete them 🙁
However as soon as I globally disabled trackbacks, they changed to regular comment spam instead, which since I use WordVerify stopped the spam completely.
Forum: Installing WordPress
In reply to: Diff of changes between 1.2 & 1.2.1Then you’d lose any changes you’d made to wp-comments-post.php, for example. This way let’s me upgrade the file AND keep my changes.
Forum: Everything else WordPress
In reply to: How to get rid of Spam-comments?My word filter’s been catching all the stuff I’ve been getting from this guy. I’ve also got the number of links set at 1 which helps too.
It’s annoying because it’s filling up my moderation queue, but at least it’s not getting posted.Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Reducing Comment SpamBut if you use all the techniques at your disposal, you can prevent 99.9% of comment spam (for a while at least).
If we have a central resource, then everyone can be kept up to date. As soon as they beat our defenses, we can come up with something else which everyone can find out about immediately. They probably wouldn’t get more than a few comments posted before everyone catches up. Then they have to think of something else.
What do other people think? Is a central resource a way to keep everyone up to date or a way to help the spammers defeat our defenses?Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Reducing Comment Spamhmm. A central reference may help the spammers. But if our techniques are good, they still won’t be able to do anything about it. And there’s nothing to stop them reading through these forums to find out what we’re doing (but I get the impression they don’t; it always takes a while for them to react to our countermeasures).
Perhaps I’ll start a page in the wiki…Forum: Fixing WordPress
In reply to: Reducing Comment SpamI think there needs to be a wiki page somewhere containing ALL the various anti-spam tactics people have come up with. It’s far too time-consuming to scan through all the threads in this forum to find the various methods.
I think having a central reference point will make it much easier to win the fight against the spammers.Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Ban spammer IPs from comments sectionNope, I’m not using any spam tools other than what’s built into WordPress.
Incidentially, the morons are still going at it. Obviously they can’t access anything anymore, but they’re still trying. Must be an unintelligent automated script.
Oh, and to report the guy to his ISP, e-mail [email protected].Forum: Requests and Feedback
In reply to: Ban spammer IPs from comments sectionYep, same person doing mine.
Here’s what I put in .htaccess (it’s probably the same IP doing it to you):
Deny from 69.50.170.122
That’s all you need.