How is this possible?

  • Hello,

    I am using wordpress 1.5.2 and I have it set so you have to register before posting comments. Today I recieved this in the mail:

    A new comment on the post #11 “Present and Future gigs!” is waiting for your approval

    Author : Blog ringtones (IP: 200.66.191.1 , sesiones.prodigy.net.mx)
    E-mail :
    URI : https://telringtones.com
    Whois : https://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=200.66.191.1
    Comment:
    I dont know, what it is.

    There is no Blog ringtones user in my database, how could this person post a commment. I am glad that it is set so the first post of any user must be approved by me, but I am unsure how this could happen. Have I been hacked? Usually, first I get a user registration email, then after, I get an email to approve comments from the user.

    Any info would be greatly appreciated.

    Kind Regards,
    Don “a little nervous” Foley
    https://www.donaldcfoley.com/wordpress/

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  • It’s probably a pingback/trackback, not a comment.

    I got the same thing today, on a password protected post! It’s got to be something other than a pingback/trackback.

    But they’re being held for approval, right? So they aren’t appearing unless you approve them….

    Thread Starter donaldfoley

    (@donaldfoley)

    After looking at my email history I did noticed that TrackBack and Comment approval emails from WP look the same. They both say New comment on your post #n. However usually trackbacks have the […] automatically put in, so it confused me. So this is a new kind of spam? False Trackbacks, I checked there site, they did not post my post on thier site.

    Oh well, I feel better anyway.

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