Trackback spam seems to be building up

[des]

I understood that BlogHarbor was purging trackback spam on a daily basis. Today I've just deleted over 200, with the usual suspects such as texas holdem and other card stuff, some porn etc. These went back to Oct 10 or 12. I did not check the particular posts to see whether the trackbacks were showing up for visitors.

Could you give us an update on this please?
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Des Walsh
Gold Coast, Australia
www.thinkinghomebusiness.com
Author, 7 Step Business Blog
http://www.7stepbusinessblog.com

[xemu]

I agree, it's brutal, with the same offenders appearing over and over despite using "delete and block". Is there a simple way to just disallow trackbacks altogether?

[john]

I understood that BlogHarbor was purging trackback spam on a daily basis. Today I've just deleted over 200, with the usual suspects such as texas holdem and other card stuff, some porn etc. These went back to Oct 10 or 12. I did not check the particular posts to see whether the trackbacks were showing up for visitors. Could you give us an update on this please?

We do our best to prevent trackback spam from appearing on your blog (and we are actively working on updates to this process), but we are not able to prevent all of it from getting to your blog. For the ones that get through, you will need to use the Delete and Block feature from your control panel dashboard.

[john]

I agree, it's brutal, with the same offenders appearing over and over despite using "delete and block".

Unfortunately, they only appear to be the same... The source IP address and the target URL are different...

Is there a simple way to just disallow trackbacks altogether?

You can disallow trackbacks on a per article basis, and make this the default setting for your new posts if you so choose.