I’ve noticed that some older versions of Movable Type often have links to a trackback page for each post. They’re fashioned like this:

mt-tb.cgi?__mode=view&entry_id=821

The problem with these, is that there could be loads of trackbacks on that page, but they may not be visible on the blog post page. And if the owner is lax with security and moderation, he may have no idea that those pages are indexed by search engines and spammed to death.

I’ve got quite a few feeds under observation for exactly that problem. And yes, as one of the spammers taught us, MT makes feeds of everything:

mt-tb.cgi/821?__mode=rss

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