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May 30, 2006
Life : System Upgrade
I made some change a few months ago to combat spam on this (and related) sites and it seemed to have helped for a while. Unfortunately this past week someone renewed the abuse of this blog (as well as my album blogs) using an approach which was immune to my previous blocking strategy. My apologies to anyone who had to wade through the pile of false comments over the last few days
The good news is that I discovered that an upgrade to my blogging software had become available through my host. I have now upgraded this site to Movable Type version 3.2, whose major advantage over 3.15 is the inclusion of extensive anti-spam technology. Hopefully, this will block the latest wave of attackers.
Of course, anytime you move to block unwanted posters, particularly using a software solution, there is always a chance that it may also block legitimate posters. The approaches used by MovableType look reasonable and safe; but just in case, EMail me if any of you have problems with the site now that I have upgraded.
Thanks.
Posted by Steven at May 30, 2006 07:17 AM
