In what has to be the most controversial move in recent months Lycos have launched a DDOS campaign against spammers. If you have problems getting to grips with that concept I'll try it again. Lycos have launched a DDOS campaign against spammers. The site, makelovenotspam.com, is meant to offer users software to attack spammers. I say "meant to" as I can't actually view the … [Read more...] about The Empire Strikes Back .. Or does it?
Spam Filtering
Blog Spam
Wordpress has much better spam filters than Movable Type, but you can still get hit hard. Considering that we filter email spam effectively I was thinking about applying the same kind of logic as SURBL but to blogs. Someone beat me to it !! :mrgreen: John Sinteur's plugin seems to do exactly what I had in mind... … [Read more...] about Blog Spam
Spam reporting for outlook
A handy little utility that integrates with Outlook 2003 (and older versions) is Spam Source Install the plugin and setup your spamcop (or other) reporting addresses and off you go. … [Read more...] about Spam reporting for outlook
DNS Blacklists – Setting up a local mirror
Introduction I am currently mirroring a number of DNS blacklists, often referred to as RBLs, on our network in order to speed up mail processing. By keeping the queries local not only do we get a definite speed increase, faster processing and fewer timeouts but we also reduce our bandwidth usage. In order to setup a local mirror (or caching server) you will need the … [Read more...] about DNS Blacklists – Setting up a local mirror
Google spam – sort of
Well... Not really... One of the spam trends I've noticed recently is "link swap" spam. If you only run one website you might be duped into believing it was a genuine request for a link swap.. ... except when you get 100's of them with almost identical text and very obvious indications that they have never "visited" your site except with their spam bot! Typically the text reads … [Read more...] about Google spam – sort of