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[tolstoy.com/blog] I've deleted a good amount of trackback spam from my Movable Type blogs, and until a few minutes ago I was feeling pretty good. But, there was one major thing I forgot, and I hope it hasn't done too much damage. ...

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[ted serbinski] Reducing Drupal blog spam | ted serbinski - entrepreneur & web ...: I’d love to add a math captcha back into the mix, but that module has been pretty broken for awhile now (note: I’m simply stating the reason I don’t use it, not complaining about its current state. My own contrib modules haven’t been getting as much love as they should get lately either, I know what it’s like).

[Buy-Host forum] Good methods to fight with spam!: A common method for fighting spam is to log the incoming message with the user's IP address and a timestamp of the post. Then, when a user attempts to post multiple comments, you can check to see if the user has posted more than once within a specified window of time, for example 30 seconds, or if the current poster was also the last poster.

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