Too much spam
You may notice that user registration is now required will be required soon (see below) to use (or maybe access) some of TPC’s features (primarily comments). I would rather NOT do this for several reasons, but the volume of spam bots attacking this site everyday — no make that every minute — have forced me to do something.
To make a comment or access any restricted area, you will need to provide a username and a valid email address. Your email address will be kept confidential, and will never be given or sold to anyone for any reason, not even George Bush unless he hands me a valid court order or NSL. Of course, anyone that reads TPC knows they already illegally reading what they want, so….
Most of the spam junk is never viewable to the reader because what doesn’t get automatically trashed goes into a moderation file for review, and that’s where the problem lies. I’ve been sorting through literally hundreds of comments, trackbacks, etc. on a daily basis trying to determine what to keep, which takes too much time, and more importantly means I’m probably missing trashing something valid and at minimum delays publishing a valid comment.
So, we’ll try this for a bit and see what happens. If it is too cumbersome, restrictive,or you have a problem it, just let me know. Just go to the Contact page.
Also, if anybody has suggestions or ideas on how I might improve any of this, I would definitely appreciate hearing from you.
Many thanks.
UPDATE: I have turned the registration requirement off for now. A few changes new to be made to improve the existing process.
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