[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #3643: Spam bots can still submit coments, even if the feature is disabled

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#3643: Spam bots can still submit coments, even if the feature is disabled
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 Reporter:  sendspace       |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  low             |   Milestone:  2.2      
Component:  Administration  |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:           
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 Hi,

 I have looked through the closed tickets for v2.1 but did not find this
 mentioned.

 Even though blogs with disabled comments no longer produce the link to
 submit a comment spambots know the URLs and forms.   They submit comments
 directly to the comment script and by doing so bypass 'comments disabled'.

 I would suggest adding a check at the actual comment submission script in
 order to prevent this from happening.

 Thanks,
 Richard

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