If you’ve tried to post a comment recently you probably got a 404 message. Due to the amount of comment spam, I just got fed up with it and renamed the file. Now I’ve finally had time to rebuild my MT install to use the renamed script.

To help prevent future comment spam, I’ve closed comments on posts older than 30 days. This sucks, but I had no choice, especially since it was killing the server! Thanks to David Raynes simple script, I was able to close all the comments in a snap. Then I found Alan Carroll’s MTCloseComments plugin so that every time I post an entry or rebuild my main page, posts older than 45 days have their comments closed. Thanks guys for some great plugins! I’ll be adding the “nofollow” plugin soon as well.

Jay Allen’s MT-Blacklist has been great, I just can’t keep it updated enough to block the spam and new ones pop up so much, it’s insane!

It’s unfortunate that so many bloggers have to resort to this since it sort of puts a time limit on interaction. I still get comments and emails about older posts that spark new ideas.