loid

The scripts and plugins are well and good (Spam Karms + Refer Karma makes like better), but sometimes its good to play on offense instead of defense all the time.

I’ve done some research, identified one spamhouse as being responsible for 85% of my spam, found out he/it is an affiliate marketer for 13 online casinos, found his identifing URLs and created a petition to be signed and sent to the top brass of the casinos’ umbrella business association.

Because of several factors, I think there’s a good chance these guys will take action against one of the blogosphere’s most notorius spammers if a few of us sign the petition. Read the details here:

https://netaloid.com/index.php/archives/2005/02/25/casino-spam-part-iii-strength-in-numbers/

Please consider taking a step toward reclaiming your servers and blogs. If we can hit these cretins in the wallets, we are hitting them where it hurts.

loid

I was just getting a trickle at Netaloid until November. Then the volume gradually increased and, by the middle of January it was a gusher.

Spam Karma and Spam Refer, in conjunction with some .htaccess scripting, have pretty much choked off the spam.

However, it always annoyed me to see these characters using my blog to increase their spam fees.

Today I am happy to report that I’ve discovered a way to strike back. At least at the guy I call the Poker Spamster, who has been responsible for 80% of my comment/referral log spam or more.

The scripts and plugins are all well and good, but this method puts us on the offense for once and hits the guy right in the wallet.

The full story is here.

Yes, I’ve checked it numerous times. The first time there *was* a blank line at the end. I removed it, but comment moderation remained on. I have since removed all words but one on the list and made sure there are no blanks. Comment moderation still is stuck.
I’ve seen posts from a few others in the same boat, which leads me to conclude there’s a bug at play.

I guess I’ll have to assume this is a known WP bug. If any work-around exists that any of you know of, please post it in a reply. I’d be extremely grateful.
IMO it’s a pretty serious issue because moderating comments drives away would-be participants in a blog.
Thanks for any help and ideas.
Loid

Hi folks, I’m having the same problem as dherren, and I too had a blank last line at the bottom. However, having deleted it, I still cannot get comment moderation to turn off.
I’m running WP 1.2.1. This has been going on for some time, both before and since I installed Blacklist (2.6.1). I have tried it with even the box unchecked for requiring a name and email. No joy.
I’ve searched the forums and the web and seen a couple others with the same problem, but so far I haven’t found a solution.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Loid