Movable Type Anti-Spam

One of MT 3.2’s new features, is the integration of SpamLookup, in conjunction with a built-in junk scoring system. So far, its been working flawlessly. I haven’t seen any comments/trackbacks getting junked that shouldn’t be, and only a couple of comments have made it through the filters to get to me for approval. This morning, I found out that this combination has more tricks up its sleeve… it can also auto-ban IP addresses that submit too many junk comments/trackbacks (apparently, 45 in a row is enough to trigger the auto-banning, since that’s how many I had in my junk folder)

Definitely a handy feature..

Everyone’s got one

There’s one in every neighborhood… luckily, I haven’t met the one in mine yet.. although, I’m sure there’s one here somewhere.. My favorite part of the article:

“They’ve called on numerous neighbors to the Children’s Hotline, saying they’re abusing their kids, their kids run free in the neighborhood,” said neighbor Sarah Kozlowski. “It’s sad, you know, you have to watch over your back, you shouldn’t have to.”

Lesiak’s main targets were her next-door neighbors, Jason and Mary Ellen Ottinger.

The charges she made against them ranged from trespassing, to child abuse, to “engaging in unnatural acts with their animals.”

Complaining because kids run free in the neighborhood? Ummm.. she was expecting them to be on a leash or something? Sure… kids can be loud, messy, and.. kids.. but to report them as engaging in unnatural acts? Probably a bit excessive..

And to think, this nice lady only has 79 complaints filed against her neighbors