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Halp!
I’m drowning in a sea of spam lately! Akismet isn’t working like it used to, and I don’t know how else to prevent this onslaught.
As a side note, some comments are going into the “needs moderation” zone and not becoming visible right away, which shouldn’t happen if you’ve left comments before. So that’s being a little janky as well. Don’t take it personally if you’re comments aren’t showing.
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about 3 years ago
Well, quit being so popular! Spammers won’t bother you if you’re boring.
about 3 years ago
If you don’t mind spending some dough, try the SpamCube (http://www.spamcube.com). It’s like having your own hardware spam firewall.
about 3 years ago
Greylisting is the best if you’re running your own mail server.
about 3 years ago
I’m seeing exactly the same thing with my wordpress blogs – and I’m nowhere near as popular as you.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools
has a load of anti-spam plugins. I’d suggest looking into some kind of CAPTCHA.
about 3 years ago
Maybe you got to upgrade your wordpress.
about 3 years ago
i dont wanna be the online reference guy and comment on everything here, but – i sure hope thats some good photoshop work in this pic. i totally like cats!
about 3 years ago
John C. Dvorak says, “I get NO SPAM!”…self expression does not seem to be a problem in his life so I am sure that he would tell you what to do.
Seriously, if you can come up with a working solution let the rest of us know. Think of the money, you could call in buzz out loud every day while being waited on hand and foot by your newly acquired boy toy. (ok I went off serious again but I am really short on coffee today)
about 3 years ago
What version of WordPress is this running on? Perhaps an update would help?
about 3 years ago
Hi, Veronica. Since I love the Buzz Out Loud podcast so much, I am going to help you. Feel free to contact me via email if you need any help implementing these suggestions:
First you must disable trackbacks. There should be an option for disabling it for new post. You will also have to edit every old post and choose to disable trackbacks.Secondly a really simple word verification would probably do the trick. Preferably a changing question like what month is it?.
I hope this helps.
about 3 years ago
I just wanted to comment to see if it shows up!
about 3 years ago
I’ve used Hashcash on others people sites in the past and it seems to do a fairly good job at preventing spam from bots. Only problem with most of these obfuscation plugins is that they rely on javascript to check some hidden field in your form when you press submit.
http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/Spam_Tools#Obfuscation
http://i0005.photobucket.com/albums/0005/icanhascheezburger/2007/6/12/1/128261114448593750lolcatalignr.jpg
about 3 years ago
I had the same issue with my WordPress blog so I installed and use a WordPress plugin called “Anti SPAM image” (http://nio.infor96.com/archives/369). It requires the user to type a security code in order to post a comment. Easy to install and doesn’t require Javascript.
about 3 years ago
If none of all these tips don’t work, try the microsoft method: delete everything and re-install. This will, probably and literally, erase all your problems.
But do some backup before as well.
about 3 years ago
I setup Symantec’s hosted mail security for some customers of mine. They’ve gone from 1000+ spam a day to 1, I shit you not. For $42 a year it’s a pretty good deal.
http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat2/ec_MAIN.Entry17c?CID=0&SID=49999&SP=10023&PN=90&PID=783261&v1=783261&V5=31034033&CUR=840
about 3 years ago
A sea of spam. Mmmmmmmm. Tasty. And a possible solution to world hunger.
about 3 years ago
Checkout SPAMSIEVE…very clever program that will learn as it goes.
about 3 years ago
i’ve been having the same problems lately as well. although i do not allow any comments to post without my moderation, so no one ever sees the spam, but it is a pain in the ass to go through. it’s also depressing to see only comments about viagra or some new britney spears video and nothing from real visitors.
about 3 years ago
what’s up with you putting my main myspace photo on your blog?!? that’s MY favorite photo…mine mine mine! *shakes fists*
about 3 years ago
I do believe askimet is having growing pains lately. Apparently the remedy was to disable it.
about 3 years ago
I’ve been using a plugin called spamkarma for a long while now. It does the job beautifully. try it out
http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
about 3 years ago
Veronica,
I use Bad Behavior:
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/
It profiles bots and blocks them from posting garbage on tour blog – but it lets the well behaved ones (like googlebot for example) to index whatever they want.
I combine this with Akismet and a simple CAPTCHA and it stopped 99% of spam. I used to get 200-300 spams a day. Now I get 3-5 a month, and all of them end up in the Akismet queue.
When I disabled CAPTCHA for a day, I got 20-30 spams, but all of them were caught by Akismet, which was not that bad.
about 3 years ago
Just saw this one, and I figured you might be able to create your own LOLCAT from it:
about 3 years ago
Woops…guess it didnt like my HTML. Here is the link:
http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070626/capt.496ba0501f654b3b863ff9e7a3a01e9a.aptopix_germany_animal_shelter_vber501.jpg
about 3 years ago
Hi Veronica,
I’ve tried a bunch of wordpress plugins and the two that help the most are akismet and comment timeout.
With comment timeout, old posts automatically have comments disabled – as most spam will try to enter old comments to slip under the radar, this is an immensely useful plugin. Akismet then takes care of the rest, which after comment timeout is not much.
Alternatively, you might like to look at Defensio:
http://www.defensio.com/