When I tried to log on to my site today, I was not allowed to enter, on the grounds that I had been identified by my spam catching plug-in (Bad Behavior) as a person who had engaged in malicious behavior on the site. This seemed rather unkind, since after all it is my website. Technically, I should be allowed to be as malicious here as I want. Beyond that, I plead not guilty. Cranky maybe, but not malicious.
Luckily, with a little help from the tech folks at Blue Host, and access through my wife’s computer (she apparently was not perceived as malicious) I was able to turn off Bad Behavior. This may result in a lot more of the mechanized spam it formerly blocked showing up in the comments. I’ll do my best to scrub it, but I’m normally on the site in the evening, so things may pile up during the days.
Also, on the advice of the Tech guy, I have to approve comments from first time commenters, after which they will be posted automatically. I think that starts from today, so those of you who have commented in the past may find that your first comment posted after today won’t appear until I’ve had a chance to approve it.
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