> Content:<br>> Compliments, 100s of them.. I'm unsure what the goal is with these..<br>> Lots of repetition.<br><br>mike: perhaps the spammers are trying to get a single, innocuous-looking comment approved in hopes that you have the "Comment author must have a previously approved comment" setting enabled? so they then having a better chance of spamming your comments in the future after having an initial comment approved?
<br><br>-- <br>john manoogian III<br><a href="http://www.jm3.net">www.jm3.net</a>
<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/26/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">mike waggoner</b> <<a href="mailto:mike@herebox.org">mike@herebox.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am experiencing the largest spike in uncaught spam since installing<br>askimet long ago. The rate has now reached 250+ / day and rising. As<br>this is unprecedented in my experience with the plugin, I thought it<br>worth a note...
<br><br>Using:<br>Askimet 2.0<br>Wordpress 2.1<br><br>Spam description:<br><br>Name: Anonymous<br><br>Emails: random(?) strings @ 10 or so differnet domain names.<br><a href="mailto:l3lw@rocketmail.com">l3lw@rocketmail.com
</a><br><a href="mailto:vphm@bigfoot.com">vphm@bigfoot.com</a><br><a href="mailto:uiry80ipbxfr0@home.com">uiry80ipbxfr0@home.com</a><br><a href="mailto:c9c0d702@mail.me">c9c0d702@mail.me</a><br><br>IP: plenty of repetition, but plenty of unique.
<br><br>Content:<br>Compliments, 100s of them.. I'm unsure what the goal is with these..<br>Lots of repetition.<br><br>"Hello, I just wanted to say you have a very informative site which<br>really made me think, Thanks ! A site with a wealth of info.!…thanks
<br>very much! Have a nice Day!!"<br><br>"It's a great website of yours. I surfed by and found it very<br>informative. Bookmarked and check you back in a while"<br><br>"I like the way you set up that your info is the homepage, nicely done. Thanks!"
<br><br>"This site is put together well!"<br><br>"SarahBell ( ) wrote:"<br><br>"I enjoyed this site very much and have taken away a better insight. I<br>will recommend this site to everyone I know. More people should step
<br>into ."<br><br>etc. etc.<br><br>Best --<br><br>-Mike Waggoner<br><a href="http://herebox.org">http://herebox.org</a><br><br></blockquote></div><br>