Re: comments enhancements
Bill Mill <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.web.pyblosxom.devel |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 10:03:19 -0600 (CST), will guaraldi <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Bill Mill wrote: > > > > have you had problems with comment spam? So far, I've had none, and > > attributed it simply to using a different comment system than the big > > boys use. > > Yes. I have a bunch of entries in my blog about it. At one point I was > averaging 2 an hour. It's pretty trivial for someone with a minimal > knowledge of HTTP and some tools to write a bot to spam someone's comments > form. It's a 2 minute job at most and waters down to posting a comment > with the HTTPLiveHeaders plugin for Firefox recording the HTTP post. You > take the post data, replace some minor variables, and voila! > Yeah, I know how easy it is, but I figured that pyblosxom itself was off their radar. These guys are like rabid dogs; unbelievable. > Given that, I wouldn't attribute your lack of comment spam to using a > different system. You're probably just not on their radar yet. > Cheers to that. Peace Bill Mill bill.mill at gmail.com > /will > ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/