Lisa Sabin-Wilson. Designer. Author. Espresso and WordPress addict

MT Blacklist

on: Jan/10/04 and its been viewed 712 times

I just installed this nifty little tool.

MT-Blacklist is an anti-spam for blogs. It was super, super easy to install and configure - - even I, of the blonde hair, managed to do it within 2-3 minutes!

I don’t have a tremendous spam problem on this blog - - but I do on my other blog. It seems to be a daily thing - - logging in and deleting those stupid comments with the viagra and penis enlargement URLS. Don’t they know I’m a girl and I don’t need penis enlargement?? Maybe they should go bug Vinny or Geoffrey or Les or Kevin or Madfish….but not ME - - I’m just a girl!

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Posted on: January 10, 2004 |

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  1. Geoffrey
    12:46 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Over the last 3 days, I’ve been getting a few thousand spam attacks a day.

    Now THAT’S spam.

  2. Les
    12:50 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Trust me, they do. In fact, judging from the amount of people who try to post comments or send me emails about the size of my penis you’d almost think it was a major topic of national debate. Like everyone in the country is sitting around concerned over the size of my penis. It’s enough to make one feel a little insecure. And paranoid.

  3. Lisa
    12:50 pm on January 10th, 2004

    I noticed your spam issue you’ve got going on over there. What a major league headache.

    It seems you have it sorted out, though - hopefully!

  4. Lisa
    12:51 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Yea, Les - I can understand the pressure of it all. But, the big question is - does it give you wood?

    ;)

  5. Kevin
    1:44 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Are you saying I need an bigger shlong? :-)

    Good for you getting the blacklist going. It’s worth noting that you can put plain old cuss words in the blacklist if you want to keep things clean…

  6. Lisa
    1:48 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Hmm…I dunno, Kevin. I guess I’d have to see pictoral proof of said shlong before I would make such a judgement.

    Though, I have heard about men who blog - - the bigger the blog . . . ;)

  7. Vinny
    1:50 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Ummmm Lisa, Dear… I don’t know how to say this, so I’m just gonna say this;

    My penis is just fine.

    Thanks :-)

  8. Lisa
    1:55 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Boy oh boy but has this comment archive been a study in penis size sensitivity, or what?

    :P

    I’m sure your packages are just fine, boys. :)

  9. Kevin
    1:56 pm on January 10th, 2004

    I think I speak for all of us in thanking you for the penis size validation! :-)

  10. Lisa
    2:03 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Kevin - it’s been my personal pleasure :)

  11. UptownGirl
    4:33 pm on January 10th, 2004

    Hey! Was the debate settled without photos?

    I miss all the fun :(

  12. Geoffrey
    4:48 pm on January 10th, 2004

    I inadvertantly posted a package picture on my blog 5 months ago, and someone still brings it up at least once a week.

  13. UptownGirl
    6:27 pm on January 10th, 2004

    they must have been incredibly impressed :)

  14. Lisa
    6:41 pm on January 10th, 2004

    And a mighty fine package posting it was, Geoffrey…take heart in the fact that people are still talking about it.

    Really - you should take your show on the road. ;)

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    12:45 am on January 19th, 2004

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