![](\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/spam_050411.png\" "\\"Spam")
<\/p>\nComment and trackback spam continue to be a problem here, accumulating at a manageable but annoying pace. <\/p>\n
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Now comes a new approach (hat tip Les<\/a>) from Brad Choate, SpamLookup<\/a>. And it’s being highly touted by Jay Allen<\/a> of MT-Blacklist fame.<\/p>\n Seriously looking at this one, though I want to get a feel for what sort of burden it puts on the host system (vs a mostly-just-MT-BL approach; I am running MT-DSBL, the precursor to this, as well) before I move forward.<\/p>\n The one thing Choate recommends that I’ve not gone forward with is turning on user registration for comments. I’d really rather not, if I can avoid it, and I’ve been able to thus far (though I’m tempted to for Margie’s blog, since her comment count vs. spam count is relatively low). We’ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Comment and trackback spam continue to be a problem here, accumulating at a manageable but annoying pace. Now comes a new approach (hat tip Les) from Brad Choate, SpamLookup. 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