I spent a few hours last night and this morning consolidating the Blacklist. I had it down to under 2900 entries (eliminated just under 1000) so we should be good for quite a while.
To get that many entries out I put in quite a bunch of basic entries like "sales.com" and "insurance.com" and "gallery.com". This will offer much better coverage but there could be some issues with valid sites being blacklisted. I don't think it'll be a big one. I de-spammed my last 5000 comments and came up with only 3 that hit the list that were actually innocent. If you do run into problems I ask that you email me before you just delete the blacklist entry. I can refine them a bit if they are problematical.
Posted by Jim at November 21, 2004 02:58 PMJim, you rock! Thanks for keeping your finger in that dyke.
Posted by RP at November 21, 2004 03:26 PMWow, thanks for that! I was getting rid of fifty or so at a time, but that's saved me a lot of work. 
What? No rude comment about finger/dyke?
Jim, yer slippin, dude.
:: flee ::
Posted by Margi at November 21, 2004 11:42 PMOkay, I've thought this this many long minutes and the best I can come with is:
Wanting to put your finger in a dike is like putting your finger in a dyke.
Posted by Tuning Spork at November 23, 2004 03:35 AM
That's just great. Now if (and it's a big if) I become a woman I'm going to have to bear both your kid AND Pixy's.
Posted by Simon at November 23, 2004 10:18 AM