Comments on: Blog Housekeeping and Comment Spam http://www.toppa.com/web-architect/wordpress-and-blogging/blog-housekeeping-and-comment-spam Project Advisor - Business Analyst - Technology Advisor - Methodologist - Solutions Advisor Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:09:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Adam M. http://www.toppa.com/web-architect/wordpress-and-blogging/blog-housekeeping-and-comment-spam#comment-1230 Adam M. Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/blog/?p=195#comment-1230 What an ass. "How dare you keep me from stealing space on your blog to advertise porn and gambling!" Sheesh. Just a heads-up to a fellow Movable Type user: comment spam is no longer your only problem. A vulnerability has been found that allows spammers to use your mt-comments.cgi script to send e-mail spam to whomever they please. See this post I made on the subject for more information and a fix: www.adammessinger.com/2005/01/24/mt-spam-zombie What an ass. “How dare you keep me from stealing space on your blog to advertise porn and gambling!” Sheesh.

Just a heads-up to a fellow Movable Type user: comment spam is no longer your only problem. A vulnerability has been found that allows spammers to use your mt-comments.cgi script to send e-mail spam to whomever they please. See this post I made on the subject for more information and a fix: http://www.adammessinger.com/2005/01/24/mt-spam-zombie

]]> By: John Speno http://www.toppa.com/web-architect/wordpress-and-blogging/blog-housekeeping-and-comment-spam#comment-1231 John Speno Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.toppa.com/blog/?p=195#comment-1231 I like systems that send you a mail with a link you have to hit to activate your post... oh well. guess that isn't what you used after all. :-) I like systems that send you a mail with a link you have to hit to activate your post…

oh well. guess that isn’t what you used after all. :-)

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