Comment Spam, and how to reduce it

Luckily, I don't get too much comment spam (*touch wood) - but some bloggers can get masses of it. An interesting article over at Jay Allen's site gives some indispensable tips on how to keep it all to a bare minimum.

For those of you using Movable Type, you may have noticed quite a uptick in the last week of spam. This spammer (and yes, the signature points to just one) is wily enough to evade most of SpamLookup's default tests. He is not, however, invincible.

First, assuming you're using Movable Type 3.2 and SpamLookup, you can make your life a whole lot better if you go to Weblog » Settings » Plugins » SpamLookup - Keyword Filters and put the following into your Keywords to Junk: