Comments on: Comments plugin problem fixed http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/ Wed, 01 Sep 2010 10:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Natron http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/comment-page-1/#comment-968 Natron Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:21:31 +0000 http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/#comment-968 I have been using akismet with great results. check it out when you get a chance. I have been using akismet with great results. check it out when you get a chance.

]]> By: David http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/comment-page-1/#comment-741 David Wed, 13 Jun 2007 01:39:46 +0000 http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/#comment-741 I have found that using <a href="http://www.theblog.ca/?p=21">Peter's Custom Anti-Spam</a> combined with Askimet has virtually eliminated any spam. It works nice with WP 2.2 as well. I have found that using Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam combined with Askimet has virtually eliminated any spam.

It works nice with WP 2.2 as well.

]]> By: Lillie Ammann http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/comment-page-1/#comment-700 Lillie Ammann Mon, 11 Jun 2007 00:40:49 +0000 http://crayonwriter.com/2007/06/10/comments-plugin-problem-fixed/#comment-700 I'm glad you found the problem. It's so frustrating when we try to make something better and end up making it worse. :-) I have had good success with Akismet for spam. Some people say you need a backup spam program to that, but I've had Akismet alone for about six months with good results. The comment spam has increased tremendously (since I joined the No Follow movement I suspect), but Akismet misses very few. When I checked the last time, Akismet had caught 282 spam comments since I had last checked about 12 hours ago, and there was one spam message in moderation. Akismet has a "recheck" option; when I ran that, it caught the spam. That makes nearly 14,000 spam messages caught since I installed the plug-in. I used to read through the spam comments to check for legitimate messages that got through. But I found only one real message in the first 8-9,000 messages sent to spam. So I decided it wasn't worth looking through the junk - some stupid, some vile. I put in my policy if anyone submits a comment that doesn't appear within a day to let me know in case their message did get caught by mistake, but no one has ever contacted me. I’m glad you found the problem. It’s so frustrating when we try to make something better and end up making it worse. :-)

I have had good success with Akismet for spam. Some people say you need a backup spam program to that, but I’ve had Akismet alone for about six months with good results.

The comment spam has increased tremendously (since I joined the No Follow movement I suspect), but Akismet misses very few. When I checked the last time, Akismet had caught 282 spam comments since I had last checked about 12 hours ago, and there was one spam message in moderation. Akismet has a “recheck” option; when I ran that, it caught the spam. That makes nearly 14,000 spam messages caught since I installed the plug-in.

I used to read through the spam comments to check for legitimate messages that got through. But I found only one real message in the first 8-9,000 messages sent to spam. So I decided it wasn’t worth looking through the junk – some stupid, some vile. I put in my policy if anyone submits a comment that doesn’t appear within a day to let me know in case their message did get caught by mistake, but no one has ever contacted me.

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