11/19/2005
I think we’re back… no thanks to the spam demons
On behalf of your captain and the rest of the flight crew, I'd like to apologize for any incovenience the up-and-down motion of Turdhead.com may have caused today.
After spending a day recovering from a hacking attempt — and updating several WordPress-based modules along the way — I think we've got Turdhead.com back together again. It's been a while since the blogspam defenses have been down, though, and I was blown away by the sheer volume of spam I received in the few minutes shields were lowered. More than 200 messages in 30 minutes. There's got to be a way to beat these idiots; I'm leaning toward mallets and sledgehammers, myself.
Regardless, I think I've got the shields back up again; I just hope I haven't barricaded myself too heavily against the onslaught of the spammers. If anybody wants to offer a hand, I'd appreciate you're leaving a comment here — just to make sure you still can.
Thanks!
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So what do you think?
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Can you hear me now?
I use WordPress too, and I’d like to know how I can get and install
the “type the following word here” feature.
Editor’s reply: The “captcha” plugin, created by the author of Gudlyf’s World, is available from this WordPress Plugins site.
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Hey! Where’d you get that “Subscribe to this article’s comments” thingy? Did you write it yourself? I’d love to be able to add that to my site, so I can keep myself informed of the updates I make to my site. You know, since no one else reads it.
So lonely…
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Ammocell: I’m testing ScriptyGoddess’ “Subscribe to Comments” plugin, and so far, so good.
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Thanks for the interaction and help testing stuff! Now I can tell people I’m almost as cool as Turdhead.com!
But they’ll never believe me…
So very lonely…
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