I now can take comments again (until they figure out how to deal with redirects, which may take them a while). I did away with the usual javascript popups, and sent the request to an intermediate page that traps any requests that aren’t originating from my blog.
update: They don’t work…..I never tried an actual comment. I’m not getting the entry_id passed on….more work to do….ahhhhhhh!
here’s a test of my WP blog trackbacks