Since renaming my scripts, I have gotten zero, count 'em, zero spams on either comments or trackback. It won't last forever, but it's a nice breather. And I hope that they're wasting a lot of time on the honeypots.

[Update on Saturday morning]

OK, got one ping spam overnight. But it's still a huge improvement.

[Late afternoon update]

Still one and counting. I should have done this a long time ago. Even if I have to do it weekly, it would be a vast improvement over the time I spend dealing with these cretins now.

[Sunday morning update]

Oh, well. I knew it was too good to last. I got nine pr0n spams overnight. All from one domain, though. It's still a lot better than it was. Hopefully, I can at least keep it down to a dull roar.

I find that renaming, along with closing the old posts and trackbacks, cuts the spam waaaay down.

Something I've seen some sites do is make you do a two-step process. You have to hit Preview first, wait for the page to refresh, and then you can publish a comment. www.grouchyoldcripple.com does it, for an example.