Sitting in my spam trash are 15,201 spam “comments” that have come in since September 5! (Yes. That’s fifteen thousand+.) I’ve managed to create enough filters that I haven’t had to purge each of them individually, but I’ve still had to spend much-too-much time each day clearing out the crap. In fact, I think I’ve spent more time deleting spam than anyone has spent posting comments.
SO! I changed some settings and you are now required to log in before posting a comment. (I think this is true only of your first time posting under these new settings.) This of course posts your comment publicly on my site. Or, simple enough, you could just send me a private e-mail.
I could probably dig deeper into spam-blocking methods, but my main energies are not going into blog management. I’d rather be away from this computer when possible, exploring my Milanese world.