Trackback comment spam
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Apparently, trackbacks don’t go through the same checks as other comments, and spam can sneak through, even containing such words as “party”, “poker” and “online.” I don’t get many real trackbacks, so I think my solution will be to simply turn them off. I don’t feel like figuring out how they are suppsoed to work and how I can get Wordpress to filter them, so it seems the best solution.
Update: I just noticed that, while I get emails about these trackbacks, they don’t actually show up as comments. Hm. Anyone know anything about this?
February 1st, 2005 at 01:24:05 pm
I was wondering how long it would be before spammers started on TrackBack. Though it’s not enabled as widely as basic comments, very little has been done in the way of securing them in comparison to comments.
By the way, you might do well to put a nice red background behind the “I am Human” box–I almost missed it again.
February 16th, 2005 at 08:10:08 pm
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Filed under: Everything SilverFir — Ryan McElroy @ 12:02 pm
A little while back, I noticed that I was beginning to get some trackback spam. At the time, I thought it o [...]