THE HOUSE UNDER MASSIVE SPAM ATTACK
I can hardly believe my eyes when looking at the number of spam comments and trackbacks my excellent spam catcher Askimet has plucked from the ether in the last 48 hours.
Nearly 5,000 in the last 24 hours alone. That’s about 4 times the normal amount of spam that attacks this site every day. I know that it’s slowing the site’s load time but I am at a loss as to how to go about minimizing it.
The attacks have been so bad that it overwhelms Askimet every once and a while and a couple of them dribble through to the moderation queue.
If anyone has any suggestions, I’d be most appreciative.
rick
i don’t know enough to help you, but it seems to me i remember something like this happening over at lgf. charles will know what to do. if you know him, ask him. he is a master at fixing this stuff.
Comment by mikeyslaw — 3/14/2007 @ 12:03 pm
Your access logs should show the IP’s. It may be possible to ban the IPs outright, thus keeping them away, before Akismet has to look at them.
Good luck.
Comment by The Commissar — 3/14/2007 @ 12:40 pm
If you can get IP’s from some of the spammers, perhaps you could block them, or have your ISP block known spammer IP’s for you.
Comment by Andy — 3/14/2007 @ 1:08 pm
Identifying which blocker you use could help spammers exploit known holes.
You may want to edit that out.
Comment by SlimGuy — 3/14/2007 @ 1:12 pm
Even conservatives who support Bush don’t deserve to be attacked with spam.
Use the truth instead.
Comment by Joey — 3/14/2007 @ 11:28 pm