Comments on: Surreal Comment Spamming http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/ Seattle's Leading Resource for Real Estate Information Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:01:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: REBlogGirl http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80300 REBlogGirl Fri, 26 Jan 2007 12:48:44 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80300 Heard this has been a problem for a bunch of sites lately. Even had it happen to my blog on AR. What a pain. We use Akismet along with 2 spam blacklists and the combination has been so effective we got rid of Captcha. However when I do look at the stuff our filters catch it is mostly trackback spam. Heard this has been a problem for a bunch of sites lately. Even had it happen to my blog on AR. What a pain. We use Akismet along with 2 spam blacklists and the combination has been so effective we got rid of Captcha. However when I do look at the stuff our filters catch it is mostly trackback spam.

]]> By: Brian Brady http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80170 Brian Brady Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:51:54 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80170 Dustin: That stinks! It's hard enough running a weblog and writing good content, now you have to shell out more $$ for more BW. Dude...if your reading this...come on, the joke's over. Just let us weenies have fun. Dustin:

That stinks! It’s hard enough running a weblog and writing good content, now you have to shell out more $$ for more BW.

Dude…if your reading this…come on, the joke’s over. Just let us weenies have fun.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80135 Dustin Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:30:41 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80135 Amit, That's a great idea... I haven't wanted to go that way since Akismet seems to capture almost all the spam and I assumed that the comment spam bots will still hit the server hard even if their is a captcha... but that might be a bad assumption. I bet there is a way to configure the catcha so that if it is not filled it, it doesn't even send a request to the server... hmmm... Amit,

That’s a great idea…

I haven’t wanted to go that way since Akismet seems to capture almost all the spam and I assumed that the comment spam bots will still hit the server hard even if their is a captcha… but that might be a bad assumption. I bet there is a way to configure the catcha so that if it is not filled it, it doesn’t even send a request to the server… hmmm…

]]> By: Amit C http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80021 Amit C Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:53:31 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-80021 Dustin, Why not use a captcha wordpress plugin like botcheck http://blog.rajgad.com/work/software/2006-11/bot-check-12-wordpress-anti-spam-comment-plugin.html or others from wordpress plugin wiki. Amit Dustin,

Why not use a captcha wordpress plugin like botcheck
http://blog.rajgad.com/work/software/2006-11/bot-check-12-wordpress-anti-spam-comment-plugin.html
or others from wordpress plugin wiki.

Amit

]]> By: DSB http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79630 DSB Fri, 26 Jan 2007 00:08:02 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79630 I ended up getting banned on my own blog a few weeks ago. The Bad Behavior plugin along with Spam Karma 2 got me. About a year ago, I got banned from the server for forgetting my login name on one of my older sites by trying over and over again to figure out the password without any luck. My host eventually had to reset the thing and let me back in. I ended up getting banned on my own blog a few weeks ago. The Bad Behavior plugin along with Spam Karma 2 got me.

About a year ago, I got banned from the server for forgetting my login name on one of my older sites by trying over and over again to figure out the password without any luck. My host eventually had to reset the thing and let me back in.

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79585 Dustin Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:45:06 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79585 I noticed that Ardell... Thank you! I noticed that Ardell… Thank you!

]]> By: ARDELL http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79583 ARDELL Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:43:11 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79583 I popped a few out this morning. So glad I figured out how to do them all at once instead of one at a time! I popped a few out this morning. So glad I figured out how to do them all at once instead of one at a time!

]]> By: Dustin http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79245 Dustin Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:32:24 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79245 Thanks Allen, The IP is definitely the first thing I look for, but they use a different IP (and email address) with each spam comment. I'm a little concerned about forwarding all the messages to them since they almost definitely could make my life even much worse! :) Thanks Allen,

The IP is definitely the first thing I look for, but they use a different IP (and email address) with each spam comment. I’m a little concerned about forwarding all the messages to them since they almost definitely could make my life even much worse! :)

]]> By: Joel Burslem http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79202 Joel Burslem Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:13:14 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79202 Dustin, I think this is probably the same guy I have been fighting with too. I installed Bad Behavior and Spam Karma plugins to shore up Akismet and that seems to have stopped the flow, for now anyway. Dustin,

I think this is probably the same guy I have been fighting with too. I installed Bad Behavior and Spam Karma plugins to shore up Akismet and that seems to have stopped the flow, for now anyway.

]]> By: Allen Benson http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79109 Allen Benson Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:01:00 +0000 http://raincityguide.com/2007/01/25/surreal-comment-spamming/#comment-79109 Dustin, I've been there many times. Here is what I have done in the past. I set up a processing rule that catches the spam and forwards it back to an email address that I know they check. Like the address you got a response from. This way the don't fill up my inbox and it then becomes a pain for the spammer or his customer. The extreme step is to block his machine (ip address) from access the site. Im not sure what software you are using or what capabilities you have available. Anyway Good Luck Dustin,

I’ve been there many times. Here is what I have done in the past. I set up a processing rule that catches the spam and forwards it back to an email address that I know they check. Like the address you got a response from. This way the don’t fill up my inbox and it then becomes a pain for the spammer or his customer.

The extreme step is to block his machine (ip address) from access the site. Im not sure what software you are using or what capabilities you have available.

Anyway Good Luck

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