Re: Spam Post Defense / ID spam form posts

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Why don't you and others just reply to the list? (I'm smiling when I say this.)

Wow, that's for that egg-sucking lesson. I would think it was clear from my answer that I know what a socket is.
Sorry. You understood the concept but it wasn't clear to me that you understood about the socket. Save me a google search and define "egg-sucking", although I get your point.

That is pointless since most spam comments come from compromised machines, so you'd only succeed in pissing essentially innocent (albeit probably stupid) users.

Moreover that would definitely be illegal and you're more likely to be sued than the person behind the spam.
I'll try to remember that. However, the technical interest remains and may be handy for a known attacker server (meaning a known party that is not a compromised innocent). It sounds like I'm looking for a "Reflected attack".

Doesn't stop him/her being an idiot. Curious that you only value your job when payday is approaching.
Come on now. I meant that he pays me. I'm not trying to stop him on either count.

They do seem to have the bbcode url style markup.  Thanks again.

You've got to bear in mind that they are trying to achieve something, and that something is usually to build traffic and/or inbound links to their sites. The only way they can do this is to include URLs in their posts.
Yes I was wondering, wtf is their objective?

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Find a local pizza place, movie theater, and more?.then map the best route! http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&ss=yp.bars~yp.pizza~yp.movie%20theater&cp=42.358996~-71.056691&style=r&lvl=13&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=950607&encType=1&FORM=MGAC01

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