It was gone for a few months, but those pesky buggers are back. Damn you comment spam.

It went crazy last sometime last year with a dozen gambling related sites from Blackjack and Texas Holdem.

Now it seems to be back with a vengeance with damn Viagra and Cialis and other erectile dysfunction aids, and I find myself deleting hundreds of comments weekly, damn it.

Obviously, the default anti-spam measures that come included in MT 3.2 are slowly losing its effectiveness, and it’s time to resort to altnerative options. I found two new plugins which I’m sure will do the trick.

The RealCommentThrottle plugin imposes a limit on the number of comments a blog can accept per hour and per day. All subsequent comments are rejected until the period of time is over.

MT-Moderate is a simple plugin forces comments made to older posts to be moderated. I know there are definitely drawbacks to this option, since “real” visitors are now guilty until proven innocent— which definately ruins the experience of blogging— but the significant amount of comment-spam is leaving me no option.

Six Apart Guide to Comment Spam - [sixapart.com]