More on Feedback Spam

by Erik Lane 25. January 2005 02:26

Ok, now I'm getting about 5-10 a day.  Small to some but still a hassle.  I've not done CAPTCHA yet (will soon)...I've had real work in the evenings for the last week or so and this weekend was time for the family.

Anywho, Brian pointed out that Ryan has implemented some other features along with CAPTCHA for the blogs over at The Geek Dojo.  He's using blacklists for IPs (says he's got some issues there though) and also a "spam sweeper" that will remove comments based on a keyword list.  I asked him to elaborate on the "spam sweeper". 

Update:  Found this post from Scott about using triggers to stop feedback spam.  Hrm..I'm guessing enough people are getting fed up with it.

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Yex
Yex on 1/25/2005 3:03:00 AM

I know you're planning on implementing Dave Burke's CAPTCHA solution, but in case you decide you want something really quick and easy for the interim, the HIP-CAPTCHA user control that I implemented last week seems to be working fantastic. I haven't had a single comment spam since I put it in place. It basically involved little more than adding a single line to my web.config file, and two lines to my PostComment.ascx control in my blog skin to get it in place. Oh, and copying a .dll file into the /bin folder too. That was it. Super easy.

Anyway, just a thought in case you get really tired of it before you get an opportunity to dig into code.

Chrissy
Chrissy on 1/25/2005 3:54:00 AM

In response to your blog comment post at Scott's journal about the triggers I created, I recently created another one that utilizes mt-blacklist as well as a personal blacklist and whitelist. You can find more info here: http://netnerds.net/articles/462.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://netnerds.net/articles/462.aspx">http://netnerds.net/articles/462.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://netnerds.net/articles/462.aspx. I also provided the code to have the blacklist updated daily.

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