Movable Type Upgrade and Spam

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

I have noticed a sharp uptick in the number of spam trackbacks that are getting through the Movable Type installation since I upgraded to version 4. Anyone else seen the same thing? The default comment spam settings seem to be working pretty well, but whereas I never got any trackback spams getting through, suddenly I’m seeing a few every couple of days.

Then again, that site gets so few trackbacks, maybe I should disable them all the way ’round?

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