Attack of the Comment Spammers
Yesterday I was aware of that my old website was getting a lot of comments and I realised that the site was under attack from the Comment Spammers.
Because it isn't in use, it was run by an old version of Movable Type (my Content Management System) and in that version there is no spam control built in to the system. Although there was no need for immediate action, I put the comments allowed to "none" and rebuilt, but to no avail. Today the attack continued.
So I have to do it the hard way: Back it up locally and delete it on the server. Why back it up when it's no more in use? History, my friend, history.
Let's hope the version of MT (3.121) that runs this website is more robust, or I'm in trouble.
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