[geeklog-devtalk] Trackback Spam

[Richard S. Westmoreland]

You guys should just add a new plugin - GL.DDOS - everytime a spammer
attempts, all of the geeklog sites queue up for a distributed denial of
service attack directed at the spammer's server.  :-D

Okay maybe not.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dirk Haun" <dirk at haun-online.de>
To: <geeklog-devtalk at lists.geeklog.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [geeklog-devtalk] Trackback Spam



> Mike,

>

> > Make sure you add SpamX Support to the trackback stuff:

>

> To quote myself (from lib-trackback.php):

>

>         // Spam will be inevitable ...

>         $comment = TRB_formatComment ($url, $title, $blog, $excerpt);

>         $result = PLG_checkforSpam ($comment, $_CONF['spamx']);

>         if ($result > 0) {

>             TRB_sendTrackbackResponse (1, $TRB_ERROR['spam']);

>

>             return false;

>         }

>

> Our "friend", the poker spammer (obviously the same person that's now

> sending those trackback comments), is attempting to spam geeklog.net

> several times a day. But the only people who see his spam are those

> getting the SpamX plugin's notification emails. And I want it to stay

> that way ...

>

> bye, Dirk

>

>

> -- 

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>

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