Fewer postings equals fewer spam comments

On the upside of my temporary minimal posting regime, I'm not having to spend five minutes every morning deleting spam comments and banning the IP addresses from which the postings were made. I guess that counts as a positive!

I'm also closing the comments for older postings which seem to draw more than their fair share of spam. I doubt whether anyone bothers to post legitimate comments for postings over a week or two old anyway, so I don't think this is going to be a problem for anyone.