December 20, 2004

Spammed

The comment spammers hit me today. I got hit with 40 comment spams. Fortunately, I close all comments that are not displayed on the main page. I also use something called Blacklist that let me clean up all the comment spams in about 10 minutes. It also records where they come from, so that can’t hit me again.

The biggest problem is with Movable Type, my blogging software. When I get hit with those spam comments, it takes my host’s server to its knees. My host is not pleased. Movable type is working on some fixes.

Here are their comments about the situation and what they’re doing to rectify it.

Posted by Ted at December 20, 2004 9:25 PM