Comments on: A Snowball’s Chance of Beating Spam http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/ A blog for odd things and odd thoughts. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:00:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Banditry » Blog Archive » Spam filters and paranoia http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-88419 Banditry » Blog Archive » Spam filters and paranoia Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:03:59 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-88419 [...] comments here infrequently but makes lots of comments when he makes any, this has tripped a snowball filter that penalises that kind of thing - and once one comment of his had been detected as spam, all his [...] [...] comments here infrequently but makes lots of comments when he makes any, this has tripped a snowball filter that penalises that kind of thing – and once one comment of his had been detected as spam, all his [...]

]]> By: Aristotle Pagaltzis http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3335 Aristotle Pagaltzis Fri, 31 Mar 2006 22:48:56 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-3335 <a href="http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-3330" rel="nofollow">Sunny</a>: <blockquote>I think the spammer blogspot accounts are a recent thing. Maybe a year or two, but not more.</blockquote> The phenomenon <a href="http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2005/10/16/Splog-Explosion" title="Tim Bray – Splogsplosion" rel="nofollow">exploded in late fall 2005</a>, prior to which it had been around but low-key. I’d wager that the splog concept is less than two years old, and really caught on less than 9 months ago. PS.: <a href="http://plasmasturm.org/log/341/" title="Okay – just who is responsible for this now?" rel="nofollow">Have I mentioned</a> that “splog” is a really revolting neologism? Sunny:

I think the spammer blogspot accounts are a recent thing. Maybe a year or two, but not more.

The phenomenon exploded in late fall 2005, prior to which it had been around but low-key. I’d wager that the splog concept is less than two years old, and really caught on less than 9 months ago.

PS.: Have I mentioned that “splog” is a really revolting neologism?

]]> By: Sunny Kalsi http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3330 Sunny Kalsi Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:12:37 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-3330 Amazing that all through this, I noticed none of it :) When I wrote that comment I actually didn't know that spammers regularly used blogspot accounts. From recently having to... errr... "investigate" the seedy underbelly of the internet, I noticed the spam accounts. I'd completely forgotten about the comment I made, but now that you've drawn the line between the spam accounts and my own blog, it gets me perturbed. See, I think the spammer blogspot accounts are a recent thing. Maybe a year or two, but not more. I've been happy with the fact that I've been in the company of idiots, but never someone malicious. Seeing this possibility has me considering a better option, seeing as I don't really want my domain to be associated with <em>malice</em>. I've never considered web hosting like geocities or angelfire mainly because of this. However, in another twist of fate, my own site lost all it's pictures, which I hosted on a friend's (paid for) domain, because the web space was removed without adequate notification. It's yet another reminder of all the work I'll have to do to achieve pretty much nothing, and the kind of data loss that's possible. Sorry about the flurry of activity I caused as a result. Amazing that all through this, I noticed none of it :)

When I wrote that comment I actually didn’t know that spammers regularly used blogspot accounts. From recently having to… errr… “investigate” the seedy underbelly of the internet, I noticed the spam accounts. I’d completely forgotten about the comment I made, but now that you’ve drawn the line between the spam accounts and my own blog, it gets me perturbed.

See, I think the spammer blogspot accounts are a recent thing. Maybe a year or two, but not more. I’ve been happy with the fact that I’ve been in the company of idiots, but never someone malicious. Seeing this possibility has me considering a better option, seeing as I don’t really want my domain to be associated with malice. I’ve never considered web hosting like geocities or angelfire mainly because of this.

However, in another twist of fate, my own site lost all it’s pictures, which I hosted on a friend’s (paid for) domain, because the web space was removed without adequate notification. It’s yet another reminder of all the work I’ll have to do to achieve pretty much nothing, and the kind of data loss that’s possible.

Sorry about the flurry of activity I caused as a result.

]]> By: Julian In Disguise http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3314 Julian In Disguise Thu, 30 Mar 2006 06:50:37 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-3314 Today, a nasty spammer tried to refer you, Good Reader, to a blogspot.com blog advertising an on-line casino. Spam Karma 2.3 Beta saved you from being distracted by it. This post is a quick check against false positives. It was written by Julian, but with false author information. Today, a nasty spammer tried to refer you, Good Reader, to a blogspot.com blog advertising an on-line casino. Spam Karma 2.3 Beta saved you from being distracted by it.

This post is a quick check against false positives. It was written by Julian, but with false author information.

]]> By: Julian http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3288 Julian Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:58:18 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-3288 dr Dave, you're a champion! I installed SK2.3 beta. I double-checked blogspot.com is in the greylist. I couldn't see any other options that needed tweaking... Now, I guess we wait and see... dr Dave, you’re a champion!

I installed SK2.3 beta. I double-checked blogspot.com is in the greylist. I couldn’t see any other options that needed tweaking…

Now, I guess we wait and see…

]]> By: dr Dave http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-3282 dr Dave Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:52:13 +0000 http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2006/03/25/a-snowballs-chance-of-beating-spam/#comment-3282 As I told you, I've been meaning to address this issue for a while... The latest beta of SK2 now checks the domain against the list of greylisted domains (blogspot, blogger and others are greylisted by default. More can be added in the Blacklist panel). If the domain is greylisted, then SK2 will run the URL Snowball test against the full URL. Feel free to install the beta and let me know how it fares for you: http://www.wp-plugins.net/sk2/sk23_beta.zip As I told you, I’ve been meaning to address this issue for a while…

The latest beta of SK2 now checks the domain against the list of greylisted domains (blogspot, blogger and others are greylisted by default. More can be added in the Blacklist panel). If the domain is greylisted, then SK2 will run the URL Snowball test against the full URL.

Feel free to install the beta and let me know how it fares for you:
http://www.wp-plugins.net/sk2/sk23_beta.zip

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