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spam

A reader writes

2 years ago, mid-July

Benjamin Desmond wrote to say:

Dear Friend,
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I Dr Benjamin johnson harrison and I represent Dr. Mikhail Khordokovsky the
former
C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia.
I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top (oligarch)
to……..

Spam does have a purpose after all.

Comment spam (Wordpress) (again)

3 years ago, mid-February

I wrote recently about a solution to comment-spam. It’s stopped a whole load of rubbish but has also stopped some of yours (legit) comments. Sorry about this - once they’ve been trapped, there doesn’t seem to be a way of releasing them. Hopefully it’ll be ok from now on.

Wordpress spam killer: Spam Karma

3 years ago, at the start of February

If you’re reading this, use Wordpress, and suffer from the latest craze in spamming (comment-spam) - get Spam Karma. I had been using Spaminator, but lately it wasn’t doing its job. Spam Karma has blocked nearly 100 spam in 12 hours; brilliant.

Comment spam (Wordpress)

4 years ago, at the end of December

Anyone who blogs using Wordpress, you’ve probably been trampled over by comment spammers. (I’ve had 300 in 12 hours…) Just found this Spaminator (”Kitten’s Spaminator“) which so far works well.

Happy New Year to all.