Smiffy's Place: posts filed under category spam http://smiffysplace.com/spam RSS Feed for Smiffy's Place: posts filed under category spam en (C) Copyright 2001-2010 Matthew Steven Smith All Rights Reserved Matthew Smith Project Honeypot Is Back - Sort Of http://smiffysplace.com/project-honeypot-is-back-sort-of The Project Honeypot site appears to be back in operation - with bugs. Smiffy 2008-01-15+09:30 Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;annoyances;nuisance;spam;ucbe Project Honeypot: Closed for Maintenance http://smiffysplace.com/project-honeypot-closed-for-maintenance The Project Honeypot web site is closed for maintenance - for at least a month. Smiffy is less than amused. Smiffy 2007-12-28+09:30 Blogathon07;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;annoyances;nuisance;spam;ucbe No Comment Spam - Yet http://smiffysplace.com/no-comment-spam-yet Since enabling comments, no comment spam has appeared on Smiffy's Place. Could e-mail confirmation be an answer? Smiffy 2007-03-15+09:30 Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;annoyances;nuisance;spam;ucbe MSNbot - Ban the Bot, Or Not? http://smiffysplace.com/msnbot-ban-the-bot-or-not MSNbot appears to have been making requests on Smiffy's Place that a reasonable Web robot should not. Smiffy 2007-03-10+09:30 Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;Web;annoyances;bot;nuisance;robot;robots.txt;spam;spider;ucbe Unwelcome Visitors http://smiffysplace.com/unwelcome-visitors Smiffy has a look at the error logs on his backup Web server and finds a whole host of unwelcome visitors, including what appears to be a neighbour. Smiffy 2007-02-09+09:30 Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;annoyances;exploit;hack;hackers;hacking;nuisance;spam;ucbe;xmlrpc Another Address Lost http://smiffysplace.com/another-address-lost Another smiffysplace.com email address is lost to spammers. Smiffy 2006-12-15+09:30 Postfix;Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;UBE;UCBE;annoyances;e-mail;email;nuisance;spam;ucbe Spams with images: an experiment http://smiffysplace.com/spams-with-images-an-experiment-2 An experiment using OCR techniques to help detect spam containing images. Smiffy 2006-08-06+09:30 OCR;Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;annoyances;dspam;email;junk;nuisance;spam;spamassassin;ucbe;uce Another PHP Comment-despamming technique http://smiffysplace.com/another-php-comment-despamming-technique Another simple suggestion for reducing comment spam. Smiffy 2006-05-04+09:30 Accessibility;CAPTCHA;PHP;Social Inclusion;Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;adaptability;annoyances;blog;blogging;comment spam;nuisance;spam;ucbe PHP Text Captcha http://smiffysplace.com/php-text-captcha Suggestion for a text-based CAPTCHA method, written in Perl and adapted for PHP. Smiffy 2006-05-03+09:30 Accessibility;CAPTCHA;PHP;Perl;Social Inclusion;Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;adaptability;annoyances;nuisance;spam;ucbe Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam! http://smiffysplace.com/spam-spam-spam-spam Comment spam - what a lot of it. Smiffy 2006-04-26+09:30 Commentaria;Spam & Other Internet Pests;UCE;annoyances;commentary;comments;current affairs;news;nuisance;spam;trackbacks;ucbe A More Accessible Alternative to Graphical Capchas http://smiffysplace.com/a-more-accessible-alternative-to-graphical-capchas Perl code for generating text CAPTCHAs Smiffy 2006-04-26+09:30 Accessibility;CAPTCHA;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;accessibility;adaptability;annoyances;nuisance;spam;ucbe Spam reduction patch for WordPress 2.x http://smiffysplace.com/spam-reduction-patch-for-wordpress-2x Comment spam reduction patch available for WordPress. Smiffy 2006-04-26+09:30 Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;UCE;WordPress;annoyances;blog;comments;nuisance;spam;trackbacks;ucbe De-Spamming WordPress Comments http://smiffysplace.com/de-spamming-wordpress-comments Methods of tackling comment spam in WordPress Smiffy 2005-07-12+09:30 Software;Spam & Other Internet Pests;Technical;WordPress;annoyances;blog;blogging;comments;nuisance;spam;trackbacks;ucbe