intertwingly

 if title.find('*****SPAM*****')==0: return

Also, as Phil has already pointed out, I'm also getting getting TrackBack spam. My inclination there is to do the same as I do on pingbacks and referrers, namely verify that the webpage does contain the link it proports to.

However, that part will have to wait as I'm in the midst of evaluating a wholesale upgrade of the software running my weblog, and in the process evaluating Blosxom 1.2, Blojsom, PyBlosxom, and Vellum.