Cathy in the Wright

Happy Birthday To Me

I clicked to see the comments on the last post and got this:

If you are seeing this web page it's because Moveable Type comments have been disabled on the server your site is hosted on. The server was hit so hard by Moveable Type spammers that either the load on the server is out of control or it crashed and had to be rebooted. All mt-comment.cgi files will be disabled until the spam attack stops.

There are options you can take to prevent this from happening again:

1. Use moderated comments. The newest version of Moveable Type allows you to pre-approve comments before they are posted.

2. "Hide" your Moveable Type installations. Spammers are scanning for /cgi-bin/mt/mt-comments.cgi or /mt/mt-comments.cgi. Installing Moveable Type in a different folder may make it more difficult for spammers to find it.

3. Convert your Moveable Type weblog to a different weblog such as Word Press or Expression Engine that's not susceptible to spam bots.

4. Rename your mt-comments.cgi file. In your mt.cfg file there is a line that reads:

# CommentScript mt-comments.pl

Uncomment the line (remove the '#'), then enter a new name for your comments script, for example, words.cgi or no-comments.cgi. The new line would look like this:

CommentScript newcomments.cgi

Then make a copy of the mt-comments.cgi file and give it the same name as your new comments script. Make sure the file is executable (chmod 755) and upload it to your moveable type directory. Delete the mt-comments.cgi file.

If you have any questions please email them to support (@) vervehosting.com

Verve Hosting

Perhaps this explains all the voodoo. I guess comments are gone, as I have no clue how to implement any of the above suggestions.

What a great way to start the day.

Posted by Cathy at February 1, 2005 07:29 AM