Comment Spams and MT Upgrade
I’ve been fighting the good fight against comment spam on the site for some time. Moveable Type has some nice tools available to help in this. One of these is MT-Blacklist, which I’ve used for some time. Unfortunately, after upgrading to the new MT 3.2 Beta 1 platform, MT-Blacklist quit working. I installed the patch, but it was still broken. This opened me up to a HUGE number of spams.
I’ve since installed a different anti-spam plugin for Moveable Type. This one does things a bit differently. I’ve set it at its most oppressive levels, so as to keep as much spam out as possible, without my having to do much work. This MAY mean that some legitimate commenters could find their comments blocked. If this happens to you, you can get a TypePad key and use it to authenticate when you post. This is a good thing to do anyway, as it works across many sites.
I’m enjoying the new version of Moveable Type. I’m looking forward to the furtherance of the Beta process, and finally release. It has some nice new features, and some changes to the interface that I’ve wished for.
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