The crap-flooding got so bad today that in the end I was forced to reboot the machine so that I could regain control of it and install my new filter. That at least seems to have been successful.
I have installed a new plugin, Close Comments, as recommended by Paul. It's pretty easy to use, for example, if you include
<MTCloseComments old="21">at the top of your main index template, it will automatically close any comments over 21 days old every time you rebuild.
This is only for MT 2.6 users; for people on MT 3, MT Blacklist performs a similar function automatically.
Posted by Pixy Misa at December 31, 2004 05:11 AMYeah, but don't tell people or they'll all want one. 
Holy shit Pixy!
That must be some kinda flood control.
Would it still be possible for people to request that you use MTClose-2 on their blogs for them too? Only because it'd be easier for the template-averse to have implemented fairly quickly.
If you want to establish a SpamControl blog, I can work on getting the basics in place over the weekend for you to have a look at & make suggestions.
Oh, and Happy New Year down the dateline to ya too!
Paul
Yep, I'll create a SpamControl blog tomorrow.
You can see MT Craplist in action in the activity log - looks like it saved Michael King (Ramblings' Journal) from some very tiresome cleanup.
Yay!
Posted by Pixy Misa at December 31, 2004 07:27 AMI pasted in between the [head] tags, hopin' that is the right location.
Posted by Tig at December 31, 2004 04:10 PMThanks, Pixy, although I was a day late and a dollar short in posting the comment closer. The closer has been installed and is working beautifully.
Thanks again.
Posted by Howard at December 31, 2004 09:15 PMThe very first line of your main index template is best.
Posted by Pixy Misa at January 1, 2005 12:56 AMSo here's my question - If this closes the comments every time we rebuild the front page, then what impact will this have on those of us that have Recent Comments on the front page? As I understand it, the front page gets rebuilt every time someone comments. So won't this remarkably slowdown the time it takes someone to leave a comment? I'm curious because I want to use it, but I don't want to have slower commenting time... (yeah, like I get sooooo many comments)
Posted by Daniel at January 3, 2005 09:02 PMApparently not.
But you could also create a new template, put it in there, and only rebuild that template manually.
Posted by Pixy Misa at January 3, 2005 09:33 PMApparently not.
But you could also create a new template, put it in there, and only rebuild that template manually
