I’m still trying to figure out how to manage my comment spam. I have some software/plug-in thingie that I’m using, but it only seems to work in fits and starts. I had comments shut off for a while, just to see what would happen, but I could only change the comment settings for new posts, and not for old ones. So, the hundreds of posts prior to my having changed the comment settings were still getting a ton of comment spam. I decided it wasn’t worth having comments turned off. So, they’re back on, and I’ll just sift through the moderation queue to find the genuine comments.

The settings allow previously approved commenters to comment without having to be moderated, but any new commenters must be approved by me before the comment appears on the site. I, however, forgot that I turned comments back on the other day, and have since been deleting all comments in the moderation queue, thinking they were spam (without actually taking a look at their contents).

I hope I haven’t inadvertantly deleted real comments. Oops. If you notice a comment you’ve left that I have deleted, please post it again.