We've updated our comment spam filter, creating a more sophisticated "dash trap". Instead of looking for "a dash, then anything, then another dash, then anything, then another dash", it looks for "a dash, then 2-15 characters with no spaces, then another dash, then 2-15 characters with no spaces, then another dash, then 2-15 characters with no spaces, a period, and at least two alphabetic characters."

This already seems to be catching the massive amount of "dash trap" comment spam we get every day, and it should stop snagging you folks who just happen to like writing comments that contain 3 dashes in a single paragraph. Please let me know if you find you're still getting trapped.

I'll post the actual regEx once I'm sure it's working as advertised.