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I failed last night in my efforts to set up phpBB on Inkstain (Nora and her friends want a bulletin board) because of a PHP version mismatch. The suggestion on the PHP site – upgrade your PHP – is not an option. So I’m looking for a good GPLish alternative. Any suggestions (keeping in mind …

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Sigh. The comment spammers are back already. It seems as though I’ll have to try something a little more industrial in strength.

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Elise.com has a thorough discussion of techniques for fighting comment spam. What seems to be the most widely used is Jay Allen’s mt-blacklist. But since that would have required an MT upgrade, I opted to first try this simple hack. It is based on the assumption that there is brainless automation on the other end …

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