Comments on: 1095 and still counting http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments The personal weblog of Peter Hosey. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:52:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Jeff Johnson http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments#comment-1726 Jeff Johnson Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:46:16 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments#comment-1726 Let us (or me) know how renaming the comments file works. Akismet is pretty safe, because it waits 15 days before automatically deleting the spam. You can review it in a queue before then. I've never seen a false positive. There's a decent amount of information about Bad Behavior on the web site. I've done a little poking around in the code, and it seems sound. (I did turn off the 'black hole list' checking.) I've been using it on my blog without any problems. Let us (or me) know how renaming the comments file works.

Akismet is pretty safe, because it waits 15 days before automatically deleting the spam. You can review it in a queue before then. I've never seen a false positive.

There's a decent amount of information about Bad Behavior on the web site. I've done a little poking around in the code, and it seems sound. (I did turn off the 'black hole list' checking.) I've been using it on my blog without any problems.

]]> By: Peter Hosey http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments#comment-1706 Peter Hosey Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:19:45 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments#comment-1706 I've heard of it, but am turned off by its lack of description of exactly what it does. Same goes for Akismet. I plan on renaming the comments PHP file (a lot of blind entries to it according to my Webalizer stats). If that doesn't work, I'll install some sort of are-you-capable-of-primitive-thought plug-in like “Did you pass math?”. I've heard of it, but am turned off by its lack of description of exactly what it does. Same goes for Akismet.

I plan on renaming the comments PHP file (a lot of blind entries to it according to my Webalizer stats). If that doesn't work, I'll install some sort of are-you-capable-of-primitive-thought plug-in like “Did you pass math?”.

]]> By: Jeff Johnson http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments#comment-1705 Jeff Johnson Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:37:25 +0000 http://boredzo.org/blog/archives/2006-11-29/spam-comments#comment-1705 Have you tried the plugin <a href="http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/" rel="nofollow">Bad Behavior</a>? It stops a lot of spammers from even connecting to your site in the first place. Have you tried the plugin Bad Behavior? It stops a lot of spammers from even connecting to your site in the first place.

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