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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Jack Schofield

Comment spam -- a new record?

Onlineblog is a regular target for comment spam, and while my back was turned (ie I was on a plane) we got hit big time. A single search using MT-Blacklist found 669 spam comments: is this a record?

The total number of spam comments deleted last night was close to 800....

Well, we all get spam, and some people get SPIM (spam via instant messaging). One of the O'Reilly speakers today -- some bozo from AT&T -- also came up with SPIT, which he said was Spam over Internet Telephony. (Shouldn't that be SPoIT?)

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