testing

Yehudit,

Hmm. Your comment made it through without being blocked, but my software pegged it for deletion. I have no idea why this is happening, but at least you can post.

Yehudit,

Okay, your blog url was somehow being confused with that from a completely different site. I have no idea why. Anyway, I removed it from the list and now you are no longer slated for deletion.

usa

For a while, my version of MT-Blacklist was blocking any comment with "usa" in it. I finally noticed and edited the blacklist to allow that phrase.

Michael,

I thought I would do a test, as well. It at least let me try.

Testing the MT fortress walls...

Just making sure that I ain't a spammer...

DPU,

My software thought you were spam yesterday, but it doesn't today after I fixed Yehudit's problem. It's all good now, thanks for testing.

Out of curiosity, if we start discussing, um, male enhancement for some reason, will we be blocked?

DPU,

Only if you link to a male-enhancement site.

A commenter's name doesn't get them blocked, it's the links in the text and in the URL box that do it.

Test?

Only if you link to a male-enhancement site.

Sigh.

Whatever happend to the old classics like "M@k€ Møn€y F@st"

Very interesting.

Techie solutions to social problems sometimes work. Sometimes better than other times.

TmjUtah rises from the scummy water and slithers into the rushes on the bank. The rebreather, fins, and mask go into the bag and are stuffed into the underbrush. As he moves out into the forest along the planned compass bearing he clicks the PTT button on the mic clipped to his lapel once; the response comes back - two clicks in his earpiece - and he settles the spazz strap of his M-14 over his shoulder for the long walk in.

Oh, and test...*laughing*

Just an FYI michael, but you can also block based on email addresses. I was having trouble with spam from someone whose return email morphed along the pattern "bob@y*o.com" where the * was replaced by 3 or 4 digits. If he hits you, add this to your MT-Blacklist:

(bob@y)\d{3,4}(o.com)

That may be why some comments are being blocked; it's not just the URL that gets inspected, but any message that has an internet address that looks like spam as part of the message (at least that's my understanding).

The guy who created MT-Blacklist (Jay Allen) did a heck of a job, and he's a nice guy to boot. He helped me with my installation when I was having trouble blocking spam to my "legacy" blog. I sent him money, and I think even people who don't use the software should too, just on principal.

Full Disclosure:

The closest I ever came to a covert insertion was a night landing by IBS (Zodiac boat) on a beach at Camp Pendleton. The bosun's mate got a little distracted, and we ended up coming to rest about fifty feet past the surf line. Random members of the crew ended up a few feet further up the beach than that. Hard to be covert when you need at minimum a jeep (later a Humvee) or a column of trucks to operate.

Tap. Tap.

Is this thing on??

Can you hear me now?