Tag Archives: spam

Mailinator spameter

Posted on 2008-07-29 by Jim Vanderveen

I was just checking out [Mailinator][], and I wondered: if I posted a “throw-away” email address here, how fast would the spam start rolling in? Well, there’s only one way to find out! M8R-3cqng3@mailin8r.com Once this post has been online … Continue reading →

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Apologies to commenting readers

Posted on 2006-01-28 by Jim Vanderveen

Due to spam-pollution I have had to increase my defenses here. Unfortunately, this means that humans (cf spammers, i.e. sub-humans) wishing to comment here now have to answer a simple challenge in order to post. Not a big deal for … Continue reading →

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Die, spammers, DIE!!!

Posted on 2006-01-27 by Jim Vanderveen

Some blog spammers seem to have figured out how to defeat SpamKarma2. Time for me to dust off WP-Gatekeeper again. Continue reading →

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SpamKarma2 finally missed a spam

Posted on 2006-01-12 by Jim Vanderveen

Well, it finally happened–SpamKarma2 finally let a piece of spam slip into my comments. I installed SK2 about 4.5 months ago, and it’s caught 268 spams out of 269 attempts (99.63% accuracy). It hasn’t yet mischaracterized a “real” comment as … Continue reading →

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Ethical spammers?!?

Posted on 2005-11-05 by Jim Vanderveen

Isn’t “ethical online marketer” an oxymoron? Maybe not… Continue reading →

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Spam Karma 2 installed

Posted on 2005-08-27 by Jim Vanderveen

I read a post today on Nicholas’ blog which indicated that he was having trouble commenting on my site. I’ve had other commenting problems (1, 2) in the past which have been traced to my spam-blocker, WP-Gatekeeper. I haven’t spent … Continue reading →

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