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Tanya: In a way, it was bound to happen soneor or later. When you allow input from the whole world onto your web site, someone is eventually going to try and take advantage of you for it. I agree, though it’s a hassle, and a real shame.Bibi: Got your e-mail about how you’re already using MT-Blacklist, but I’m responding here just in case this info might be useful to other people with the same problem.If you want MT-Blacklist to check for trackback spam, you should enable two features in the configuration screen. The first, near the top of the page, is Scan incoming TrackBack pings. This should check the trackbacks against the same blacklist as the comments.The second option, closer to the bottom of the screen, is Block duplicate submissions. This isn’t specific to trackback, but I’ve noticed that duplicate trackbacks are more common than duplicate comments.I’m using MT-Blacklist 2.04b, and I’m not sure if these same options exist in previous versions. If you have an older version you should really upgrade anyway: 2.04b fixes a bug that was causing major drain on server resources during heavy spam attacks.Hope that helps.
Tanya: In a way, it was bound to happen soneor or later. When you allow input from the whole world onto your web site, someone is eventually going to try and take advantage of you for it. I agree, though it’s a hassle, and a real shame.Bibi: Got your e-mail about how you’re already using MT-Blacklist, but I’m responding here just in case this info might be useful to other people with the same problem.If you want MT-Blacklist to check for trackback spam, you should enable two features in the configuration screen. The first, near the top of the page, is Scan incoming TrackBack pings. This should check the trackbacks against the same blacklist as the comments.The second option, closer to the bottom of the screen, is Block duplicate submissions. This isn’t specific to trackback, but I’ve noticed that duplicate trackbacks are more common than duplicate comments.I’m using MT-Blacklist 2.04b, and I’m not sure if these same options exist in previous versions. If you have an older version you should really upgrade anyway: 2.04b fixes a bug that was causing major drain on server resources during heavy spam attacks.Hope that helps.