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Well . . .

"Fighting them is not useless in general, certain approaches are however, useless in the long-term, but easy to appreciate in the short-term."

Well, I recently nailed a long-term solution against comment spam in one of my blogs. The latest versions of WordPress are more flexible and give more options. Basically, everybody needs to register now and I'm using reCaptcha, which so far has shown itself to be more effective than other types of captcha. In addition, registrations have to confirm their email and I personally have to approve them. So far, zero spammers have made it through.

I think we can eventually do a nearly perfect job protecting against the automated attacks that are common today. Sure, a few may still get through, but I'm confident we can make them rare enough that it's not profitable.

We don't need to stop every spam ever sent (this part is impossible) - we just need to make it rare enough that it's not profitable (I think this part is entirely possible).

Posted by: CobraA1   Posted on: 10/08/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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