Comments on: Dear Blog Spammer http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/ Web design, search engine optimization and Internet marketing Fri, 20 Apr 2012 18:35:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: DianeV http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-517 DianeV Thu, 14 Jul 2005 03:43:10 +0000 http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-517 Good point (and welcome). I'd heard great things about the Bad Behavior plugin --- will check it out. Good point (and welcome). I'd heard great things about the Bad Behavior plugin — will check it out.

]]> By: IO ERROR http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-516 IO ERROR Wed, 13 Jul 2005 11:51:26 +0000 http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-516 Persistent little you-know-whats. Be careful; you could wind up spending all of your free time just deleting spam. <a href="http://www.ioerror.us/software/bad-behavior/">Don't get caught in that trap.</a> Persistent little you-know-whats. Be careful; you could wind up spending all of your free time just deleting spam. Don't get caught in that trap.

]]> By: DianeV http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-510 DianeV Fri, 01 Jul 2005 14:45:31 +0000 http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-510 Hi Rand. You're right; it doesn't sound like auto-spambot activity, given the vigorousness of his/her pursuit of <span class="bi">this</span> blog (that is, that he/she showed up here after being blocked from accessing the comment form externally). I don't know who it was, but the logs show that he used a number of Internet connections: - an IP address that traces to Spain - two PacBell DSL lines (in San Francisco and Chico - four Comcast (cable?) addresses (in California, Washington, Illinois and Maryland) - an ameritech.net DSL line - an aol.com account - an comhem.se address - a mundo-r.com address I think that's all of them; he just cycled through those, one after another, but always the same ones. Pretty fancy setup; I'm assuming he wasn't at all of those places at once. I guessed that it might be a network of compromised machines, but that isn't a great number of addresses for something like that. What was surprising was that, when blocked, he showed up here. What, did someone tell him he had to get links from <span class="bi">this</span> blog? I wasn't sure if I should post the actual IPs and addresses (I do have the server resolving IPs to addresses where possible); if you're interested, send me an email. And --- nice to see you here! I read your blog, too. Often. Hi Rand. You're right; it doesn't sound like auto-spambot activity, given the vigorousness of his/her pursuit of this blog (that is, that he/she showed up here after being blocked from accessing the comment form externally). I don't know who it was, but the logs show that he used a number of Internet connections:

- an IP address that traces to Spain
- two PacBell DSL lines (in San Francisco and Chico
- four Comcast (cable?) addresses (in California, Washington, Illinois and Maryland)
- an ameritech.net DSL line
- an aol.com account
- an comhem.se address
- a mundo-r.com address

I think that's all of them; he just cycled through those, one after another, but always the same ones. Pretty fancy setup; I'm assuming he wasn't at all of those places at once. I guessed that it might be a network of compromised machines, but that isn't a great number of addresses for something like that. What was surprising was that, when blocked, he showed up here. What, did someone tell him he had to get links from this blog?

I wasn't sure if I should post the actual IPs and addresses (I do have the server resolving IPs to addresses where possible); if you're interested, send me an email.

And — nice to see you here! I read your blog, too. Often.

]]> By: randfish http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-508 randfish Fri, 01 Jul 2005 07:30:12 +0000 http://developedtraffic.com/2005/06/29/dear-blog-spammer/#comment-508 Diane - Any chance you'll name names? I'd be curious to see who would so persistently spam you. This doesn't sound like the typical drive-by, mahine-automated spambot... Diane – Any chance you'll name names? I'd be curious to see who would so persistently spam you. This doesn't sound like the typical drive-by, mahine-automated spambot…

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