March 30, 2005

Trackback Spam

I'm being deluged with trackback spam. The IP Deny Manager doesn' t block it (IP: 210.117.67.217). Is there anything I can do besides delete them one by one?

Posted by David Boxenhorn at March 30, 2005 03:14 PM
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#1

I'd guess delete them individually...IF you can find where they're tracked back to.

I cannot locate some of my trackback spam....

Posted by Mad Mikey at March 30, 2005 04:33 PM
#2

The email notice tells you which post it is.

Posted by David Boxenhorn at March 30, 2005 04:48 PM
#3

Would it be possible to assign very large random numbers as trackback ids? I think that should reduce trackback spam.

Posted by David Boxenhorn at March 30, 2005 06:04 PM
#4

You can despam one of them using MT Blacklist, then use Blacklist again to zap all the rest automatically, using the De-Spam button. (You have to change it from searching for comments to trackbakcs.)

Or I could do my daily-ish sweep and clear them all out. :)

Posted by Pixy Misa at March 30, 2005 11:32 PM
#5

Thanks. The attack seems to have abated (for now) I closed trackbacks on every post that was hit, so that might help. But I'll remember Blacklist for next time - it didn't occur to me that it handled trackbacks, d'oh!

Posted by David Boxenhorn at March 30, 2005 11:37 PM
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