For those of you who have shared my frustration on trackbacks at CQ for the past several months, I have some excellent news. Thanks to two volunteers, we have resolved the issues that have strangled trackback pings, at least for the time being.

Richard and Tim from Hyscience and FreedomsZone got as frustrated as the rest of us earlier this week and asked me if they could help me solve the problem. I gratefully accepted their assistance, and between the three of us and Hosting Matters, we found out that the problem was a sustained and pernicious series of spambots that had throttled the background process. Tim made some internal adjustments to shield the process from the spammers, and we saw the trackbacks start working almost immediately.

You should start seeing your trackbacks on my posts from now on, and if you do, be sure to thank Richard and Tim.

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