I’ve turned off HIP-CAPTCHA, so no more codes to type in if you wish to make a comment. I was really hoping not to have to do that, since it is such a pain for readers, and I’ve found another method to prevent the comment spam. I’m tracking its effectiveness, and hopefully won’t have to turn the codes back on.
Basically, I’m using MT-Blacklist on my .Text blog. I found the instructions to get it up and running here. I put in a test comment and blammo, SQL killed it, so it looks like it’s working pretty well so far.
Great job on that, Chrissy.
UPDATE: Chrissy alerted me to the fact that I had missed some permissions on some extended stored procedures, and all comments were being rejected. Heh, that would definitely stop the spammers. It’s fixed now. Sorry, Marcel, I’ll put your comment back in manually.
Anytime
How was the installation — pretty easy? Did you have to modify any sp_OA*? Do you have control of your SQL & web server?
Sincerely,
An elitist liberal
Can you send me the code you use for the little "I Hate Blog Spam" on the left? Mostly, I want to show the # killed, like you do…
Thanks!
vern DOT gill AT gmail DOT com