I've now enabled TypeKey authentication as part of the Movable Type upgrade. Now, only TypeKey authenticated user comments will not be moderated and once I've sorted out MT Blacklist so that it works again since the upgrade, only comments that pass the blacklist rules will enter the moderation queue.
I've set things up so that anyone who is authenticated via TypeKey will be able to post freely as long as the blacklist rules are passed. These updates should see the end of any spam ever making it to the live pages, any that comes via TypeKey accounts can easily be removed and the account that is used can be banned.
Since upgrading, I noticed a few things were not working but I've sorted them out now, those issues were mainly interface related which were caused by me putting a few files in the wrong places when doing the upgrade, which I put down to the fact it was 6am and I needed to sleep.
Apart from the blacklist issues, everything appears to be fine. I've sorted some of the problems with it, but the remaining errors are not very informative about what is wrong, so I'll have to work on that.
Other than that, all that remains is to work on some other changes and additions which should come shortly, such as the odd few things that I want to add that have been appearing on other blogs as well as some other changes.
As the blog world moves forward and evolves we're finding more added to make them more viewable and fun, that is if you can use that word in relation to a blog.
Ben has also been busy working on his blog, cleaning up the spam and making the transition to WordPress, which should be noticed soon. Keep an eye on that as there should be some interesting things coming up, even though he's taken ages to get things sorted.
I've also added an Atom feed that you might want to use.
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