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August 04, 2005
Comment spam
Due to a barrage of comment spam, commenters will now have to be approved by me before they appear on the site. As far as I can tell I only have to do this once - so if I approve you, you'll then be able to post about viagra and casinos to your heart's content. Hopefully this can be a temporary measure until I find another solution. Sorry about that.
Posted by Amelia at August 4, 2005 08:35 AM
Comments
Amelia ~ I close out all my past entries, save for the last few days. I no longer have a problem with comment spam. Limiting the amount of open entries you have really does foil those spam robots and you won't have to waste time approving comments. Just a suggestion! (Plus, no one comments on the old entries anyway, unless they're up to no good.)
Posted by: Kerstin at August 4, 2005 11:06 AM
You think these people would find something else to amuse them. I have had a couple myself, but not sure what to do about it!
Posted by: Eilene at August 4, 2005 11:53 AM
Yuk. How tedious. Will you approve me?!
Posted by: Noo at August 4, 2005 01:11 PM
Yes, this is quite annoying. I understand.
Posted by: Carolyn at August 4, 2005 01:13 PM
oh, that stinks. i don't know why spammers waste their time thinking that anyone even reads their junk mail.
Posted by: parikha at August 4, 2005 01:21 PM
I have to do the same thing with my blog. Why do they think that form of advertising works??!!
Posted by: Sarah at August 4, 2005 03:05 PM
I'm lucky, no spam yet. *yet* But when I was in school, I couldn't even use my uni e-mail, because I would get seriously 100-200 spam messages a day (they obviously sold our names). It was horrible!
Posted by: Lelah at August 4, 2005 03:15 PM
Oh goodness - I didn't even know that was possible - what a nuisance. Hope it doesn't take you too long to approve all your advid readers !
Posted by: Becky at August 4, 2005 03:25 PM
This is such a shame! Hope you'll solve the problem soon. Have a nice day.
Posted by: Agnes at August 4, 2005 06:51 PM
yuck, damn spammers. perhaps you can consult lauren from lollygirl.com in regards to spam management. she now has it set-up where everytime someone comments, they have to punch in a code shown on the comments page to discourage spammers.
Posted by: winnie at August 4, 2005 10:58 PM
oh please approve me!
Posted by: uglyagnes at August 5, 2005 12:52 PM
You know that I LOVE to comment on your posts, right?? Promise that I'll never mention anything about viagras or casinos. :D
Posted by: yuvi at August 5, 2005 04:31 PM
Hey Anna - you might also try installing "MT Blacklist" - I use it and never get spam comments now, and I used to get them ALL the TIME. It really works!
Posted by: Jenny at August 6, 2005 09:56 AM
Thank you for your kind comment on my blog. I love your Claude jacket, and look forward to the pattern. I shall never post about casinos, since I've had my fill, thanks, and the less said on Viagra the better.
Posted by: Tanya at August 8, 2005 02:06 AM
Hi, Not sure I'll be a regular commenter, and I know this is off topic for this post, but I had a suggestion for the bleeding dye problem. There's a detergent called synthrapol that is specifically designed to help keep any dye that does bleed off the fiber suspended in the water. The problem isn't bleeding so much as the dye re-settling on your fabric. Hope it helps.
Posted by: Bethieee at August 9, 2005 10:11 PM