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Michael Kallas Location:	Tuesday 27 June 2006 3:41:46 pm Trackbacks are abused for Spam! Have a look at e.g. https://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/kmpm/weblog/free_open_hardware_list All trackbacks are Spam!
maffulli Location: Milan, Italy	Thursday 29 June 2006 11:30:33 am Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam! we apologise. We are developing an antispam measure, hoping it to be ready in a few weeks. Meanwhile, I have deleted the spam trackbacks. stef
ciaran Location: Brussels, Belgium	Thursday 29 June 2006 12:00:11 pm maybe the feature should be removed Justin Mason, a smart guy and author of SpamAssassin, wrote about trackbacks: http://taint.org/2006/05/31/111003a.html "Trackbacks, however — turn that off. The protocol was designed poorly, with insufficient thought given to its abuse potential; there’s no point keeping it around, now that it’s a spam vector."
Michael Kallas Location:	Wednesday 19 July 2006 10:48:48 am Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam! I'd vote for removing it, too. I never understood the sense of it and my own blog is full of attached spam also.
schiessle Location:	Sunday 30 July 2006 12:36:11 am Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam! I have some spam in my blog too. I don't think it's a good idea to remove trackbacks. I find it useful to write a response to a blog as a own blog entry. And if we don't allow non-fellows to write comments the trackbacks are the only way for non-fellows to comment a blog entry. But i think we need two features to solve the spam problem: - a anti-spam measure to block the spam - users should be able to remove trackbacks from their blog, so they can keep their blog clean if they get some spam. -- https://www.fsfe.org/fellows/schiessle
maffulli Location: Milan, Italy	Monday 31 July 2006 3:49:23 pm Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam! I will clean up some more from trackbacks manually and disable trackbacks temporarily. We have received an offer from Akismet to use their services 'gratis' and we are developing the plugin for eZ Publish. Vacations are in the middle so I cannot say when the antispam measure will be ready. In any case there will be proper announcement. thanks for your patience stefano
ciaran Location: Brussels, Belgium	Wednesday 09 August 2006 11:17:03 pm also hijacked I checked my last 50 blog entries, and it looks like everything older than a month has been hijacked as a link farm for spammers. There are no legitimate trackbacks for any of my blog entries, so can someone delete every trackback attached to my blog? (you have my permission to delete them all without checking) Thanks. For my blog, I wish I could disable trackbacks completely. (If someone can do this, please do.)
maffulli Location: Milan, Italy	Thursday 10 August 2006 5:29:16 pm Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam! Ciaran, I have cleaned your blog from spam. The trackback feature should be disabled, according to the tests I have done. Let me know if the problem persists. bye stef
Florian Haas Location:	Thursday 14 December 2006 2:30:43 am Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam! Any estimate on when trackbacks will be enabled again?

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Michael Kallas

Location:

Tuesday 27 June 2006 3:41:46 pm

Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

Have a look at e.g. https://www.fsfe.org/en/fellows/kmpm/weblog/free_open_hardware_list All trackbacks are Spam!

maffulli

Location: Milan, Italy

Thursday 29 June 2006 11:30:33 am

Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

we apologise. We are developing an antispam measure, hoping it to be ready in a few weeks. Meanwhile, I have deleted the spam trackbacks. stef

ciaran

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Thursday 29 June 2006 12:00:11 pm

maybe the feature should be removed

Justin Mason, a smart guy and author of SpamAssassin, wrote about trackbacks: http://taint.org/2006/05/31/111003a.html "Trackbacks, however — turn that off. The protocol was designed poorly, with insufficient thought given to its abuse potential; there’s no point keeping it around, now that it’s a spam vector."

Michael Kallas

Location:

Wednesday 19 July 2006 10:48:48 am

Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

I'd vote for removing it, too. I never understood the sense of it and my own blog is full of attached spam also.

schiessle

Location:

Sunday 30 July 2006 12:36:11 am

Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

I have some spam in my blog too. I don't think it's a good idea to remove trackbacks. I find it useful to write a response to a blog as a own blog entry. And if we don't allow non-fellows to write comments the trackbacks are the only way for non-fellows to comment a blog entry. But i think we need two features to solve the spam problem: - a anti-spam measure to block the spam - users should be able to remove trackbacks from their blog, so they can keep their blog clean if they get some spam.

-- https://www.fsfe.org/fellows/schiessle

maffulli

Location: Milan, Italy

Monday 31 July 2006 3:49:23 pm

Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

I will clean up some more from trackbacks manually and disable trackbacks temporarily. We have received an offer from Akismet to use their services 'gratis' and we are developing the plugin for eZ Publish. Vacations are in the middle so I cannot say when the antispam measure will be ready. In any case there will be proper announcement. thanks for your patience stefano

ciaran

Location: Brussels, Belgium

Wednesday 09 August 2006 11:17:03 pm

also hijacked

I checked my last 50 blog entries, and it looks like everything older than a month has been hijacked as a link farm for spammers. There are no legitimate trackbacks for any of my blog entries, so can someone delete every trackback attached to my blog? (you have my permission to delete them all without checking) Thanks. For my blog, I wish I could disable trackbacks completely. (If someone can do this, please do.)

maffulli

Location: Milan, Italy

Thursday 10 August 2006 5:29:16 pm

Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

Ciaran, I have cleaned your blog from spam. The trackback feature should be disabled, according to the tests I have done. Let me know if the problem persists. bye stef

Florian Haas

Location:

Thursday 14 December 2006 2:30:43 am

Re: Trackbacks are abused for Spam!

Any estimate on when trackbacks will be enabled again?

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