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Glen Mazza commented on ROL-907:
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OK, I was assuming "task" meant a process external to Roller used for
populating the Blacklist[1] -- the Blacklist class[2] dates to 2003 and even
the comments in that file say the Movable Type blacklist it relies on has been
discontinued[3]. I'm not sure if we need a externally managed blacklist today
anyway--for one thing, I wouldn't be surprised if over half of the URLs listed
in that (at least) 8 year old blacklist return 404s today (not that I'm about
to try to access those websites to find out), also, perhaps Roller's
functionality requiring answering a math question prior to posting has been
sufficient in getting rid of most automated spam comments.
[1]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/roller/trunk/app/src/main/resources/blacklist.txt?revision=1491090&view=markup
[2]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/roller/trunk/app/src/main/java/org/apache/roller/weblogger/util/Blacklist.java?revision=1491090&view=markup
[3] http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist
Externally, there is Akismet[4] and other options[5] available, with some
requiring licenses and payment. But AFAICT, there is no longer a centrally
maintained blacklist anymore.
[4]
http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/vital-tips-and-tools-to-combat-comment-spam-in-wordpress/
[5]
http://www.investitwisely.com/problems-with-akismet-try-these-great-free-alternatives/
My recommendation would be to empty out our present blacklist as it's out of
date and highly vulgar, and add a note in the Install guide that Admins are
welcome to add to it as they please.
> Make blacklist update task URL configurable
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> Key: ROL-907
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ROL-907
> Project: Roller
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Comments
> Affects Versions: 2.0
> Reporter: David Johnson
> Assignee: Glen Mazza
> Priority: Minor
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> Currently, the blacklist task is useless because MT Blacklist is no longer
> updated.
> If we make the URL configurable, others could host the blacklist.
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