I’ve grown so used to the awesome spam blocker that WordPress.com includes for free (it comes from Akismet, which is owned by Automattic, the same folks who do WordPress).
But tonight a TON of spam got through. So, I wonder if Akismet is down or if something got horked?
By the way, if Matt Mullenweg is reading this, can you let me see older comments on the comment page? I can only see the last few comments and when I get a spam storm like this it makes it very difficult to be sure that I deleted them all. Same on the spam page. Let me see hundreds, not just the last few.
Idyllopus: hmmm, I’ve had to manually delete more than 200 spams this morning so far. Yikes.
You might want to try out the hashcash plugin, I had deactivated it a while ago because it interfered with co-comment, but it works great on stopping spambots dead in their tracks.
http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/10/23/wordpress-hashcash-30-beta/
K
You might want to try out the hashcash plugin, I had deactivated it a while ago because it interfered with co-comment, but it works great on stopping spambots dead in their tracks.
http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/10/23/wordpress-hashcash-30-beta/
K
Same problem here too. It must be down because I’ve had like 50 spam comments since 7 hours ago and all of them got through the filter. Good thing there still is the moderation queue.
Same problem here too. It must be down because I’ve had like 50 spam comments since 7 hours ago and all of them got through the filter. Good thing there still is the moderation queue.
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I would’ve thought that if Askimet was down it would automatically hold it in the queue. At least, I hope it would.
I would’ve thought that if Askimet was down it would automatically hold it in the queue. At least, I hope it would.
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Firstly, great blog… so much of interest and use on it.
And secondly, on to Askimet!! Until about 3 months or so ago Askimet span worked fine for me stopping 90%+ of spam and with what seemed high accuracy. Then over night everything changed. Askimet stopped catching spam and stopped being able to see what was and what was not spam.
I am sure that I do not get that much spam compared to some but comments on other sites such as read your spam comments are not really practical (I get several hundred a day and rising) and totally negate the point of having it in the first place.
Over the last day or two the stats were as follows…
Total comments & spam 359.
Awaiting moderation 174 – Spam 170, legitimate 4.
Askimet spam 185 – Spam 168, legitimate 7.
This would imply that Askimet is guessing and not that well at that. I have emailed Askimet to ask for advice but would be interested if anyone else has experienced a rapid change in fortunes with Askimet, what caused it and what the solution is…
Firstly, great blog… so much of interest and use on it.
And secondly, on to Askimet!! Until about 3 months or so ago Askimet span worked fine for me stopping 90%+ of spam and with what seemed high accuracy. Then over night everything changed. Askimet stopped catching spam and stopped being able to see what was and what was not spam.
I am sure that I do not get that much spam compared to some but comments on other sites such as read your spam comments are not really practical (I get several hundred a day and rising) and totally negate the point of having it in the first place.
Over the last day or two the stats were as follows…
Total comments & spam 359.
Awaiting moderation 174 – Spam 170, legitimate 4.
Askimet spam 185 – Spam 168, legitimate 7.
This would imply that Askimet is guessing and not that well at that. I have emailed Askimet to ask for advice but would be interested if anyone else has experienced a rapid change in fortunes with Askimet, what caused it and what the solution is…
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