Spam Archive
09 Oct 2006
Exatt and Digg
It was waiting to happen and it has. Regular readers would have read a few rants about my internet connection. I have a “broadband” connection with Exatt. It works using PPPOE and am assigned a dynamic IP everytime I login. That is fine, but of late I have been noticing that the IP Addresses are
05 Oct 2006
AntiLeech – Protect your blog from sploggers
I have faced a good deal of problem with sploggers. While I had one who just stole every post of mine, another kept picking up all my posts because it had the content “copyright”! And that is because my feeds include a copyright notice. Owen has released a new plugin title AntiLeech which helps fight
29 Aug 2006
Scam Mail from a Dubai(?) Scamster
I have seen a lot of emails from African scamsters and most of these usually land up in my Bulk box. Today, my dad today received a similar scam email. However, what was surprising was the nature of it’s customization. Firstly, the subject of the email addressed my dad by his first name. Secondly, my
28 Aug 2006
Stolen Content, Sitepoint and Host turn blind eye!
I had realized that a site CrazyFactor.com run by John Comokaz has been scraping my RSS feed for quite a while and publishing the content as his own. He has been using a software by Elliot Back for this purpose. I got a notification from a visitor that John is now trying to sell off
20 Aug 2006
Sussing spammers from raw logs
While I do have Bad Behavior and Spam Karma 2 running, I have always wondered on how to track down and stop spammers. I asked Spamhuntress on how she finds spammers by going through her site logs and she was kind enough to write a detailed article on how to. I too admit the entire
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