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November 14, 2004

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Like so many other movable type users, I am forced to deal with comment spam. And like so many others, I now have an entry on my blog saying how I am changing my comment policy to deal with the problem.

Because I am having some issues with getting email working from the new webserver, using mt blacklist effectively is a bit harder (i.e. it takes longer for me to know that I've been spammed).

So, I have closed comments on all open entries across the blog. Further, I am instituting a new policy where I will only leave comments open on front-page entries (currently set at 10), or for two weeks whichever is shorter.

I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause my readers.

Posted by wcaputo at November 14, 2004 07:56 PM
Comments

Have you considered using images where the commenter must type in a word? That seems to work quite well.

Posted by: Jason Yip at November 15, 2004 03:09 PM

C'mon, where's the salvo in the holy war over commenting one's code? :-)

Posted by: Christian Taubman at November 15, 2004 08:52 PM