Hi there... As I have full permission of Michael to use this computer and his internet connection and as I got REALLY sick of another spam run all over the place, both here and on my dutch weblog I decided to take action today. Our solution:
When you want to add a comment you see a tiny box with a 6-digit number in it and a small box below. All you have to do is copy that number into the box below (yes that means typing it over, cut-and-paste doesn't work) and you're fine, if you fail you get a message that the security code was incorrect. This may sound simple and easy to circumvent but as the number is actually an image and due to the grey background not very easy for computers to substract from the image it should work quite allright. Untill the spammers found a way to circumvent this off course...
I'm very sorry that I had to take this kinda impopulair step, it makes it harder for you to add a comment but Jeroen (jnieuwen) and we remove the spam every coupla days you don't see too much of it but we get spammed in the comments with ~200 spams at least every weak. I can imagine better things to do with my sparse computertime here. (So for Jeroen, deleting all those spams from weblog and email is absolutely no fun for him.)
Cya later!
Murf
Murf | 24 Feb 2005 (Thu), 06:46 @ TechWell, you have to make it fun of course, lookup the spamming IPs, visit their website. And email/call them to tell them that their network is abused for spamming weblogs.
jnieuwen @ February 24, 2005 12:41 PMHi, you two! At last a moment to response. Enjoy al the story's on the site. Nicky, I like to say that I am going to ski in Tirol. Leaving tomorrow Feb. 25 with the train. Hope you have a great time together and send my love to the family downunder.
Lots of love
Yvonne
Spamspamspam! (Monthy Python)
Have fun, i'm gonna see the pictures now :-)
Geert @ February 25, 2005 08:55 AMName and Email adres are required. Not because I like to harvest email adresses, but because I like to know who you are. Comment to a response I do rarely unless I find a feedback2feedback for MovableType. Don't worry, your email adress is at a clever way protected against harvesters so that won't become a problem.