lucy24 - 8:40 pm on May 8, 2012 (gmt 0)

<ifModule mod_rewrite.c> ... </ifModule>

Dump this. The envelope, that is, not its contents! It's htaccess boilerplate that probably came with your cms. Now that you're in your own individual site, you either have mod_rewrite or you don't.

I don't suppose your spammer is thoughtful enough to use the same UA each time?

The short version of the proxy discussion is: There exist legitimate reasons for legitimate humans* to use proxies. There are also legitimate humans who have no choice, because they're connecting through something that goes through a proxy whether they like it or not.


* This is not a reference to the marital status of the human user's parents.