W4 Readers --
I've currently ramped up some additional anti-Spam measures to combat the latest round of new spam tactics.
As part of this effort I've added an additional input prior to submitting a comment. You'll notice that the comments now require an answer to a 'challenge question'. If this is incorrect, it will warn you.
If by chance you go to make a comment on something and the field isn't there, your browser has cached an older version of the page. Use [Ctrl]-[F5] to force the browser to reload the page from the server, otherwise your comment will be automatically junked.
Regards,
Todd
Comments (9)
Test, test. Is this thing on?
The Chicken
Posted by The Masked Chicken | August 26, 2010 5:07 PM
The spam prevention measure seems a bit unstable. I recently got a error 500, which is a server error.
The Chicken
Posted by The Masked Chicken | August 26, 2010 5:33 PM
I'll keep track of the ISE 500's. Most of the time those are caused by things outside of our control on the server machine, but I'll see if I didn't inadvertently introduce a problem.
Posted by Todd | August 26, 2010 6:09 PM
Appreciate all your work at keeping this a pleasant site to visit, Todd.
Posted by Beth Impson | August 26, 2010 6:33 PM
Let's see if it blocks this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE
Posted by Edward Feser | August 26, 2010 6:47 PM
I would NEVER block that spam.
Posted by Todd | August 26, 2010 6:48 PM
I saw Spamelot just last week. So many classic scenes, but I wish they had somehow worked their best sketch into it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0BA6mkk7k
Posted by Step2 | August 26, 2010 7:33 PM
I recommend you try Typepad AntiSpam: http://antispam.typepad.com/info/get-started.html
It's SixApart's answer to Akismet and very good. It does let spam through from time to time, but it learns pretty quickly.
Posted by Mike T | August 27, 2010 8:26 AM
Already done, Mike T.
Posted by Todd | August 27, 2010 9:49 AM