Large number of comment spams flying in over the last few days. All but one or two spattered harmlessly against the windshield (where, moderated, I had to actually clean them up, but it all stayed behind the scenes). Seeing some different strategies on URLs being tried, which is why fewer are being outright blocked and more are being tossed into “old post” moderation. On the other hand, once particular URLs are caught (check early, check often), I’m then astonished to see multi-hundred block counts rack up in a few days.<\/p>\n
I do need to clear off some of the old, unused blogs I have here — they’re no more vulnerable than the currently maintained ones, but they’re one more place to maintain the defenses around.<\/p>\n
On a related note, there’s e-mail spam, which seems almost quaintly archaic any more. But, jeez, it still comes in. I get about 20-30 a day, of which Thunderbird catches about 3\/4. That still leaves plenty that I need to manually delete, which is annoying — but, at the same token, has become so routine that I almost don’t notice it any more. It’s akin to going to the mailbox and sorting out the stuff to dump in the trash can on the way back inside. Sad, that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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