There are these robots that scan the Internet looking for blogs so they can add a comment to a post. These comments are advertisements. Spam for your blog.
Fortunately my WordPress evangelist Katie tipped me off to a wonderful WordPress plug-in called Spam Karma.
This nifty tool not only blocks comment spam but sends a nifty report with information about blocks…and it has a sense of humor, too!
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Spam Karma Digest Report:
10 comments digested since last report (mmm, yummy!):
=+ Comment #1
Reason(s):
Waaaay too many links: 14
URL/IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx blacklisted by RBL bl.spamcop.net (127.0.0.2)
URL/IP: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx blacklisted by RBL sbl-xbl.spamhaus.org (127.0.0.6)
Comment text: ‘I was Born In A Dumpster… You?
Spam-be-gone!
I love Spam Karma! Unfortunately, my work IP address is on a blacklist somewhere so I can’t comment on my own blog from work. Let’s see if I can comment on yours!
I need to find one of these for Movable Type. I am about to lose my mind with the SPAM comments!!!!