[Python-Dev] Summary of Tracker Issues (original) (raw)

Andrew McNamara andrewm at object-craft.com.au
Thu May 17 07:00:02 CEST 2007

Typically spammers don't go through the effort to do a custom login script for each different site. Instead, they do a custom login script for each of the various software applications that support end-user comments. So for example, there's a script for WordPress, and one for PHPNuke, and so on.

In my experience, what you say is true - the bulk of the spam comes via generic spamming software that has been hard-coded to work with a finite number of applications.

However - once you knock these out, there is still a steady stream of what are clearly human generated spams. The mind boggles at the economics or desperation that make this worthwhile.

-- Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft http://www.object-craft.com.au/

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