Comments are an important part of blogging. However, opening up your blog to everyone does attract “everyone”. A common remedy is to require registration so that as a host you have the opportunity to request additional information before comments are allowed. I trust individuals with .edu or .us email addresses, but others I make an attempt to identify.
Today I received a request from jamesrovance@gmail.com.
I did a Google Search (this is my first step before sending an email and asking for a little information). It turns out the address appears on a list of spammers with Chinese IP numbers. It turns out that the Google search probably saved me future work.
So, James – I will provide access when you get your name of the spammers list. Perhaps someone has acquired access to your gmail account. Get a new account. No offense.
