Spams a Lot, Etc.
I don't know what's going on with Reality Chex hosting. I complained to my host this morning about the fact that commenters are getting spammed all the time; more than a third of the comments today went to the spam file. So maybe the host is working on it -- which so far means readers are apparently getting scary messages like "This site will destroy your computer, or something." I just notifed my host about this, so we'll see what happens next. ...
... UPDATE. ONE PROBLEM SOLVED (I think). Two readers wrote to me yesterday indicating they had got a message something like the one below -- I think that is probably the one they got. My guess, based on what my host wrote, is that they tried to open Reality Chex in hypertext-secure = https, instead of in plain ole http. So if you get a message like the one below in opening this or any other site, check your URL:
In Internet Explorer, the message would look like this:
AND in Google Chrome, like this:
Those are the only browsers I have loaded; I would assume if you're using another browser, it would produce a similar message. I suspect you might get a similar message if you had your security set at the highest level, either internally or in a virus protection add-on program.
The spam problem continues. I've suggested to my host that I at least get a notification when the spam filter snags a comment, so I'll see if they'll do that.
In the meantime, if you submit a comment that doesn't go up immediately, you can e-mail me at this link & write "spammed" either in the title or text. If I'm around I'll de-spamify the comment right away. I'm checking the spam file much more often now that it's such a problem, but still.
Sorry for the glitches.
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