Comments on: Where’s The Spam? http://www.canspice.org/2005/02/18/wheres-the-spam/ all about a canadian guy living in canada Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:20:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Geof F. Morris http://www.canspice.org/2005/02/18/wheres-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Geof F. Morris Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:12:05 +0000 http://canspice.org/index.php/2005/02/18/29/#comment-302 Ehhh, right now, I use a combination of SpamWords and TarPit to see if I can block them. If nothing else, I figure that I'm seeding my domain blacklist... Ehhh, right now, I use a combination of SpamWords and TarPit to see if I can block them. If nothing else, I figure that I’m seeding my domain blacklist…

]]> By: Brad http://www.canspice.org/2005/02/18/wheres-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-301 Brad Tue, 22 Feb 2005 20:03:02 +0000 http://canspice.org/index.php/2005/02/18/29/#comment-301 Ah, that explains why I never see them when I actually load up your page then. Gotcha. Ah, that explains why I never see them when I actually load up your page then. Gotcha.

]]> By: John Wilson http://www.canspice.org/2005/02/18/wheres-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-300 John Wilson Tue, 22 Feb 2005 19:56:36 +0000 http://canspice.org/index.php/2005/02/18/29/#comment-300 Technically, all you're seeing on the wondergeeks page is the trackback spams. I've blocked my blog from displaying them, but they still show up on wg. Every few days I go in and run a mysql query that deletes them all for me. Technically, all you’re seeing on the wondergeeks page is the trackback spams. I’ve blocked my blog from displaying them, but they still show up on wg. Every few days I go in and run a mysql query that deletes them all for me.

]]> By: Brad http://www.canspice.org/2005/02/18/wheres-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Brad Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:29:42 +0000 http://canspice.org/index.php/2005/02/18/29/#comment-299 I don't allow TrackBacks, so I don't think I have to worry about spam coming from that angle. :) I don’t allow TrackBacks, so I don’t think I have to worry about spam coming from that angle. :)

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://www.canspice.org/2005/02/18/wheres-the-spam/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Geof F. Morris Sat, 19 Feb 2005 06:18:08 +0000 http://canspice.org/index.php/2005/02/18/29/#comment-279 Funny, I set it to <em>not</em> send me notices every ten attempts. This is for two reasons: <ol> <li>I'd get a lot of email. GFMorris.com's SK install has stopped about 16k attempts.</li> <li>I found that SK's counter would crump when it was sending mail, but not when it wasn't.</li> </ol> Just wait until TrackBack hits you, though. At that point, you'll want Spam Words as well, at least until SpamKarma and WordPress can get together and figure out how to get TrackBacks blocked properly. [If you're curious, my 1.5 install is running SK only because I'm really and truly too lazy to mess with the newer comment spam filtering. I think the tools will work to fit the new capabilities of WP, but for now ... I'm letting tools do the heavy lifting.] Funny, I set it to not send me notices every ten attempts. This is for two reasons:

  1. I’d get a lot of email. GFMorris.com’s SK install has stopped about 16k attempts.
  2. I found that SK’s counter would crump when it was sending mail, but not when it wasn’t.

Just wait until TrackBack hits you, though. At that point, you’ll want Spam Words as well, at least until SpamKarma and WordPress can get together and figure out how to get TrackBacks blocked properly. [If you're curious, my 1.5 install is running SK only because I'm really and truly too lazy to mess with the newer comment spam filtering. I think the tools will work to fit the new capabilities of WP, but for now ... I'm letting tools do the heavy lifting.]

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