[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #6698: Closing comments on old posts causes trackbacks

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#6698: Closing comments on old posts causes trackbacks
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 Reporter:  lapcat          |       Owner:  anonymous
     Type:  defect          |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.7      
Component:  Administration  |     Version:  2.3.2    
 Severity:  normal          |    Keywords:           
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 I moderate all comments, and I was tired of spam comments on old posts
 sometimes slipping by Akismet and getting into my moderation queue, so I
 decided to close comments on a number of old posts. Steps to reproduce:
 (1) Click the "Manage" tab in the admin page for my blog. (2) Click
 "Posts" under "Manage". (3) Find a post. (4) Click "Edit" for that post.
 (5) Uncheck "Allow Comments" under "Discussion". (6) Click "Save".

 As a result of doing this, I immediately got a number of trackbacks in my
 moderation queue. The trackbacks were from the posts whose comments I had
 just closed. The trackbacks were to other posts in my blog that were
 linked from those posts. Note that when I unchecked "Allow Comments", I
 did not uncheck "Allow Pings". I left "Allow Pings" checked.

 Under "Options", "Discussion", I currently have "Attempt to notify any
 blogs linked to from the article" checked. However, I believe that at some
 point in the past, that option was unchecked, so the old posts whose
 comments I closed may have never attempted to send trackbacks before.

 I believe that this is a bug. Simply closing comments for a post should
 not cause it to send trackbacks.

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