SPAMMERS BE GONE

March 3rd, 2004 | by Jason |

Those of you who frequent my blog may have noticed that I had been accumulating spam comments on my blog (no, nothing is sacred). I have now installed a lovely new tool for MovableType called MT Blacklist that automatically rejects and removes any spam comments (as defined by a central database of spammers maintained by the software author, Jay Allen, all bow to his glory). I am so pleased that my contribution to the Internet no longer includes graffiti for penis enlargement and gambling, as critical as these may be to the emerging global economy. The thing is active for all my friends using my blog system, and I recommend it for other Movable Type users out there. SPAM BE GONE.

Of course, this doesn’t solve the problem of my inbox at jasonjay dot com, in which I receive about 50 spam messages for every real message, only 15 or 20 of which are caught by Spamassassin. I think it’s at the point where law enforcement needs to get involved, levying heavy fines and some kind of mandatory spammer rehabilitation program for people who are consuming billions of dollars worth of time, bandwidth, and peace of mind.

Hmm, spammer rehabilitation program… I’m thinking of that scene in Clockwork Orange… spammers with their eyes pinned open, watching a looped clip of someone deleting messages from their inbox for 144 straight hours.

  1. 2 Responses to “SPAMMERS BE GONE”

  2. By Alireza on Mar 5, 2004 | Reply

    He he. I need to install this. Yesterday, I got my first penis enlargement spam on my FARSI blog! I had gotten it on the English one for a long time though.

    Thanks for the link!

    I don’t understand why you get so much spam on your email. I get none. Could it be because your email address is lying around on the Internet? If it is, I highly recommend this:

    http://www.hiveware.com/enkoder_form.php

    It might be what’s kept the spammers away from my account.

  3. By bex on Mar 6, 2004 | Reply

    hiiii pup!

    thanks for posting re:comment spam – i’ve been getting a lot of it, and have been banning the ips from whence they came, but that’s proven to be fairly unsuccessful as they seem to come from different ip’s every week.

    bex

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