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Peter Palm

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Nasty spam through comments
« on: August 16, 2006, 10:27:05 am »
Hi, I'm using CPG 148. After being hacked I setup CPG from scratch and tried to avoid being hacked again (allways use latest version of CPG, no guest upload, etc). This goes well I think (and hope for the future  :D).

But for the latest month or so, I'm being bombarded with spam through the comments function.
It seems to me that this is an automated procedure; always the same picture used, , but different (p*rn*graphic) messages and ip's. I tried to ban the IP's, but this is no solution (the spam seems to originate from Italy).

Anyone experiencing the same trouble, or know what to do against this?
I disabled the comments function for now, but a workaround would be nice.

Kind regards, Peter
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Re: Nasty spam through comments
« Reply #1 on: August 16, 2006, 12:51:05 pm »
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Re: Nasty spam through comments
« Reply #2 on: August 16, 2006, 01:17:09 pm »
Banning spammers is not an option (as Abbas suggested) - they will always find methods to circumvent bans (e.g. by spoofing IP addresses). Either disable anonymous comments, use the mod Abbas refered to or use the Akismet mod.
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Re: Nasty spam through comments
« Reply #3 on: August 16, 2006, 01:20:25 pm »
Hi Abbas, thank you for the tip.
I searched the forum earlier and found another one (the Akismet methode), that works with the Api key(!?).
Now waiting to see if that works.

But to be honest, I like yours better, so maybe I'll change to that afterall.
Thanks for quick replying!

To GauGau: our replies crossed while typing my answer.
Hopefully the Akismet methode works. I'll let you know. Thanks!
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