…what’s up with all these frigging spambots, it happened last night after the blog suddenly went down and left a completely blank page on the screen. There was a problem at my host that had caused it and took a few hours for them to fix, but when it was resolved (thankfully), I discovered that my spam filter was no longer working. The host doesn’t seem to be able to fix that yet at their end, so I will have to talk to my trusty tech helper (who’s not at my beck and call every minute of the day) to advise me on the best solution.

Till then, I have certain ways I’ve been able to block some of the spambots when I’m away from my computer, and erase a lot of them when I’m at the computer, but some of them will get through anyway. So what you saw this morning was the fruit of their all-night labor. You probably have had no idea (till now, anyway) the rapid rate at which they usually arrive; probably fifty a minute or so, sometimes more. That happens all the time but usually the filter snags them, so all you’re seeing right now are the ones that are getting through.

Fortunately we can assume the problem is very very temporary. I hope to fix it this evening, or at the latest tomorrow evening. Until then, please bear with our unwelcome, boring, repetitive, self-promoting guests.