> Spammers can post to> Spammers can post to deleted nodes and I cannot stop them unless I do a global "no comments allowed".
The 2.0.9 spam filter (released today, August 25'th) will block comments posted to deleted nodes.
> I can't block-delete a number of comments in Drupal, so I have to individually review each comment spam
> before deletion - and these can quickly get into the hundreds.
Go to the Administer >> Spam >> Comments page. It will allow you to bulk delete spam comments.