Targeting Spam > Annoyance of the week - Trackback spam - Just Another Hacker
[Just Another Hacker] I've always had to deal with it, and I don't find MT's spam modules to very helpful in easing the pain of managing trackback spam. So I thought it might just be worth blocking some IPs. I did a little grep and without any further ado I ...
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