Comments on: Link Spammers

By: Mark J

Mark J — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 20:46:25 +0000

Spam Karma blocked every single trackback spam for me on WordPress. I was also able to block POSTS from the spammer's User Agent, although this could block comments from any legit user who uses that User Agent.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:14:57 +0000

I got hit with over 400 trackback spams as well. Fortunately for me my Spam Karma installation in Word Press picked up every one of them. I still got the notification emails for them, but they never made it to the site.

Those of you looking for a solution to comment spam (and are using Wordpress) need to look Spam Karma for a solution. Its top-notch.

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 18:13:17 +0000

More on Trackback Spam
James Joyner was hit as well as did Kathy Kinsely who also offers some advise on the subject.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 17:35:46 +0000

Cindy, thanks!

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:32:00 +0000

if your tweaks don't block them try adding:

RewriteCond %{HTTP:VIA} ^.+pinappleproxy
RewriteRule .* - [L,F]

to your htaccess.

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:29:41 +0000

My blog was completely ignored. *Sniff*

By: Brian J.

Brian J. — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:22:52 +0000

Viva la Blogspot, where I am safe from all these things!

Of course, I like the traffic from the bots as they try anyway.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:16:47 +0000

I got hit too... and I rarely get comment spam. Sigh.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:15:34 +0000

As the interview notes, spammers want quantity of links, not necessarily quality. They're not too picky!

But you probably are getting bigger, too!

By: King of Fools

King of Fools — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:13:46 +0000

I got pounded also. (I guess when spammers hit me along with the big players, it either means I'm getting bigger - or else it is a case of mistaken identity!)

I noticed that the perpetrator used a different ip address every time. Sneaky.

By: On The Third Hand

On The Third Hand — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 16:10:22 +0000

Trackback spam on WordPress Quick fix for trackback spam on WP. Rename your wp-trackback.php to something like wp-trackback.php.txt so they can't find it, and so it won't run even if they do. I'm testing some more complex fixes/blocks so I'd really appreciate getting track...

By: Confessions of a G33k » thoughts on open relays

Confessions of a G33k » thoughts on open relays — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

[...] neral — joy @ 11:14 pm In response to James at OTB’s post about those damn comment spammers using open proxies to harass bloggers, I just wanted to point out that curr [...]