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June 14, 2006
The final straw...
Let's be clear. I've had the spam filters turned up so high that a couple of friends e-mailed or IMed and said that they weren't even being permitted to leave unapproved comments, let alone have their comments appear on the site immediately. But the spam junk was still getting through - unapproved, but still getting through.
I was just sitting at the computer just now, watching soccer and trying to get odd school-work done. I've got the e-mail that I get blog updates on sitting in the background.
I get new mail suddenly pouring in at a ridiculous clip. Five messages. Now seven. Now nine.
In the space of 90 seconds, 11 e-mails in the box - each one an attempt to post spam comments here.
And, with a little thought, I realize that the bots that are posting these really aren't trying very hard.
So I come in here and shut off comments totally.
We'll either improve the spam filters here somehow or find some other means to get comment on this site.
Posted by Chuck at June 14, 2006 09:08 AM
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