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  • Resolved nunomira

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    Old posts’ comments are closed but still, they get spam.
    How is this possible?

    For example, I’ve just received a comment on this post.

    I searched before posting.
    It doesn’t seem to be trackback spam and I’ve disabled them:

    You can disable pingbacks and trackbacks in Options | Discussion | Allow link notifications from other Weblogs (pingbacks and trackbacks).

    Here’s the comment:

    A new comment on the post #101 “7-Zip 4 beta available” is waiting for your approval
    http://www.nunomira.com/blog/?p=101

    Author : Der Blutharsch [EP] (IP: 75.126.156.50 , aj20.info)
    E-mail :
    URI : http://holidaymp3.741.com/index.html
    Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=75.126.156.50
    Comment:
    Der Blutharsch [EP]

    news

    To approve this comment, visit:
    ….

    I’m using Akismet, so a lot of spam gets caught.
    I’ve installed reCaptcha to see if it would put an end to it. But no.
    I still get tons of spam on closed posts.

    How is this possible?

    I’ve read that I can install more plugins. But I don’t want to.
    I’m more interested in understanding what’s going on.

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