{"id":6767,"date":"2005-01-05T07:15:11","date_gmt":"2005-01-05T14:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/01\/05\/you-got-to-know-when-to-hold-em.html"},"modified":"2005-01-05T07:15:11","modified_gmt":"2005-01-05T14:15:11","slug":"you_got_to_know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/01\/05\/you_got_to_know.html","title":{"rendered":"You got to know when to hold ’em"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best MTBlacklist<\/a> URL Pattern ever:<\/p>\n

\\bpoker\\b<\/p>\n

Which has blocked 88,200 <\/em>spams. Yes, that’s an accurate number. Although …<\/p>\n

texas.*hold.*em<\/p>\n

… has blocked 88,050.<\/em><\/p>\n

Crikey. Most over the last few days. And all without my even seeing them. I wouldn’t have even known, had I not looked in the list in reference to some other odd trackback that got through.<\/p>\n

Six Apart has issued a nice document<\/a> on fighting comment spam, entitled, appropriately enough, The Six Apart Guide for Fighting Comment Spam<\/a> (PDF<\/a>). Worth a read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Best MTBlacklist URL Pattern ever: \\bpoker\\b Which has blocked 88,200 spams. Yes, that’s an accurate number. Although … texas.*hold.*em … has blocked 88,050. Crikey. 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