ok, you probably don’t remember this, but way back in 2004, when i started writing this, i had a BIG ISSUE with SPAM COMMENTS. i was suddenly getting BAZILLIONS of comments which were actually ads – for TEXAS HOLDEM, plus all kinds of online gambling, for all kinds of stuff that i can’t remember now, all i know is it made me REALLY REALLY MAD.
so christine STOPPED ALL COMMENTS and they all went away.
and then i couldn’t have any comments from any actual people, but AT LEAST THE SPAM WAS GONE.
now that i have my ALL-NEW WEBSITE (still in progress), christine has put the comments back up.
i’ve ony gotten one comment so far, but i’m sure there will be more.
except tonight i checked my e-mail and there were several comments that needed my approval. MOST OF THEM WERE FROM THINGS LIKE TEXAS HOLDEM.
HOW DID THEY FIND ME AGAIN? HAVE THEY BEEN WAITING ALL THESE YEARS? ARE THEY EAGER TO SNAG ALL MY CHINESE READERS?
the great thing is that now i can just DELETE THE FUCKERS. gone. i listed them all as spam, which i assume means that they won’t be able to keep coming back, trying to get in and choke up my comments.
even if they keep coming, i don’t care, I CAN BLOCK THEM.
we’ve been working IN TO THE NIGHT on the living room. i took some photos, which i will hopefully post tomorrow morning, before it ALL BEGINS AGAIN.
one of the windows is now pretty much done. soon our living room won’t just be a hodgepodge of stuff piled up covered with white dust from the drywall pasted.
ok then, goodnight,
wednesday night grace.
Wp-Spamfree will help with comment Spam with no interaction need from your end in most cases. Not sure if this is the solution that you have in place now. And of course Akismet that comes with WordPress by default handles a good majority of the garbage without site owner interaction as well.
Wp-Spamfree
http://www.hybrid6.com/webgeek/plugins/wp-spamfree
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-spamfree/#post-2654
My bad. We have an excellent tool to fix the spam problem but I hadn’t enabled it yet. Working on it!
thanks, iggy, for your helpful suggestions! and thanks christine as usual! well, also thanks to CRAIG, who read my latest entry and wrote to christine to install the akismet! i was just happy to be able to delete the vicious spam, but now maybe they won’t even get in at all.
i have to paint more now. which my back is not thanking me for.
The word need should have been “needed” = oh well no one ever claimed I was English Literature aware. Glad the suggestions you’ve gotten were of some help.
Quick fix to a bad day, (or unwanted spam). Grill some burgers with blu cheese, and fix a cold margarita. Cheers.
mitch – what a PERFECT solution to any problems i might have! thanks, grace.