__/ [David] on Monday 24 October 2005 09:16 \__
> On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 08:55:15 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Some spammers may hit those who use rel="nofollow" just in spite or simply
>>because it's more effective in terms of time. We are now working on the
>>idea of collaborative comment spam flagging:
>>http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2005/09/21/comment-spam/
>>
>>It is very similar to the principle adopted by Google Mail, but the API's
>>may make it extensible and generalisable. I can't say much more at this
>>point.
>
> I just posted a spammy link to a comment on your SPAM trap, this URL
> has been link spammed a lot.
Thanks, David.
> It went through and was posted, what was supposed to happen?
It triggers an E-mail initially:
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A new comment on the post #3 "One Last Spam Trap" is waiting for your
approval
http://schestowitz.com/Spam/?p=3
Author : Test by Dave (IP: 62.254.0.55 , nott-cache-12.server.ntli.net)
E-mail : test@xxxxxxxxxxx
URI : <HIDDEN>
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=62.254.0.55
Comment:
lets see if it stops this URL which is link spammed a lot (not mine BTW).
<a href="<HIDDEN>" rel="nofollow">.</a>
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Then there is spam flagging that 'calls home' for some learning. I don't
think I'm allowed to say anything beyond this.
> Oh wait it's waiting review. I take it you categorize it as spam and
> all the people using the system know it's SPAM. Will it pick up the .
> link I added to the post?
I can't tell, but the general idea is that only trusted sources (with a
registered key) can send reports as this prevents abuse which may lead to
false positives and negatives.
Roy
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