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Drupal Comment Spam II

Mon, 14/08/2006 - 08:29 — David Goodwin

Drupal Comment Spam - Part 2

On Saturday, I upgraded this site once again, and realised I'd need to re-implement my hackish anti-spam code.... not to be outdone, I thought I'd enhance it slightly, so now the following patch exists; which might make life easier in the future.

Basically, I can't be bothered to write anything particularly complex to combat spam with Drupal, and I think I only need to make my site slightly different from all others, in order to defeat most automated spam bots - therefore, I've added a complex mathematical equation to the comment form for the site.... and contributors need to answer it in order to submit a comment for moderation. In the off chance I get no spam over the next month or so, I'll probably remove moderation.

The complex mathematical equation is : 3+3 =

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Mon, 14/08/2006 - 16:40 — Candy (not verified)

Yawn, my brain hurts.

Yawn, my brain hurts.
Bonzo has fleas.
I blame the parents, they've corrupted the nation's youth.

Tue, 15/08/2006 - 20:31 — kat

I blame people

who don't get their dogs neutered!

Wed, 16/08/2006 - 15:19 — Candy (not verified)

I blame brothers

It's not my fault the vet is busy all this week so they can't do it.
I blame older siblings who have too much time on their hands and not enough sawdust in their heads ;-P

Wed, 16/08/2006 - 19:31 — David Goodwin

Hah!

Seeing as how you are the dogs legal owner, it's your responsibility to get him neutered! Failing that, you could of course be responsible for dealing with the puppies he will help produce?

snip snip bonzo....

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