Comments are F.U.B.A.R.
I just beat down a spam-comment attack of several dozen spam comments.
I can't determine if Six Apart, the blogging parent of Typepad, has let down their spam-shields, or whether somehow it's connected to Yahoo!, which seems to have turned up it's toes just now.
My only recourse at this point is to do maximum anti-spam actions, which include the dreaded "Captcha" system again, and comment moderation.
I hope that this will be temporary, so if Typepad gets it's act together and blocks most of the spams again, I can relax these restrictions, but if not, they'll have to stay. Having to sit here for long periods deleting dozens of spam comments is not my idea of the fun that blogging is supposed to be.
If prospective commenters really don't want to mess with Captcha, just email me at perspacatyahoodotcom and I will publish your comment directly from my computer, smartphone or tablet, I always have one of those nearby. Unless I get REALLY distracted, I will publish moderated comments no less than three times per day, and likely more. When emailing, please give the permalink of the post you want the comment to go to. Just click on "permalink", right next to where you clicked on "comment".
##########################################
UPDATE: 110212 PDT: Okay, no further spam, one of the two measures, either the Captcha or the moderation is keeping it out, and since I haven't had any spam accumulating in my email box, I will remove moderation and see if the Captcha will keep the spammers at bay. BTW, Six Apart admitted that they were overwhelmed, it wasn't just me, so there's a new spam-bot out there that's getting by their initial shields.
Comments