There are two different ways that we block spam. One is by blocking particular character combinations -- mostly words but others as well. If someone submits one of these combinations a record is made of their infraction and they get blocked automatically from making further posts -- at least until the cookie is removed.The other way is to block an IP. That's done manually and no cookie is left. Also, we have no record of subsequent posts being blocked.
I mention this because we've been getting a lot of spam from a particular IP -- 1000 in this tavern over the past 28 hours. I haven't blocked the IP because if I did then the spammer would just use a different one. I'd have to block that IP in turn and the game would go on.
So I'm just blocking the content and watching the blocked message count go up. It's kind of like watching a woodpecker hammering against a concrete wall and wondering how long it will take the dim-witted bird to give up.
