[COREblog-en] Trackback-Spam

[Luistxo Fernandez]

I wrote:
>After the exchange of tips here yesterday (thanks to all), we produced our 
>own python script to be run in our www.eibar.org site:

little improvement over the script: on the parameter list put spammer='xxx' 
and the code as follows:

for i in range(1, 300):
    try:
       ent = context.get_entry(i)
       for com in ent.trackback_list():
          if com.title.startswith (spammer):
             ent.deleteTrackback(int(com.id))
             print "deleted %s's comment" % com.title
    except:
        pass
print "Done."
return printed

Now we have a variable called spammer. Called like
  eibar.org/blogak/sarasua/scriptPLACEDhere?spammer=texas
or  eibar.org/blogak/sarasua/scriptPLACEDhere?spammer=cybersex
we may reuse the script depending on the spammer of the day.

However, as Frank notes, a more robust defense against spam should be 
embedded in the product.


Luistxo Fernandez
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