Comments on: 874.71 comment spams per day http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/ Eric Cheng's Journal Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:21:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: [ECHENG.COM] Eric Cheng - The Web Journal http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-14769 [ECHENG.COM] Eric Cheng - The Web Journal Fri, 03 Feb 2006 15:39:24 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-14769 <p><strong>Wordverify plug-in for Wordpress...</strong></p> <p>When comment spam first started becoming an issue a couple of years ago, I hacked my b2 installation with a word-verification field that forced people to enter my last name whenever posting a comment. Since then, some of my friends have implemented th...</p> Wordverify plug-in for Wordpress…

When comment spam first started becoming an issue a couple of years ago, I hacked my b2 installation with a word-verification field that forced people to enter my last name whenever posting a comment. Since then, some of my friends have implemented th…

]]> By: norm http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-9766 norm Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:05:07 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-9766 <p>Thanks! I'll do that.</p> Thanks! I’ll do that.

]]> By: echeng http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-9606 echeng Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:59:23 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-9606 <p>Norm -- I hear the version available for download on their Wordpress site right now is a bit buggy. Get the latest build instead of downloading what they have available. I signed up for the developer mailing list, but the latest build link they sent out was broken, so you'll probably have to do it through SVN.</p> Norm — I hear the version available for download on their Wordpress site right now is a bit buggy. Get the latest build instead of downloading what they have available. I signed up for the developer mailing list, but the latest build link they sent out was broken, so you’ll probably have to do it through SVN.

]]> By: norm http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-9544 norm Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:58:55 +0000 http://echeng.com/journal/2006/01/26/87471-comment-spams-per-day/#comment-9544 <p>We've been using wordpress for a while now, but I hadn't upgraded. I had also just turned comments off completely because of the amount of spam. Now, thanks to your post, I've upgraded and turned on Akismet and turned on comments. We blocked 513 spam comments yesterday! Thanks mega-shake!</p> We’ve been using wordpress for a while now, but I hadn’t upgraded. I had also just turned comments off completely because of the amount of spam. Now, thanks to your post, I’ve upgraded and turned on Akismet and turned on comments. We blocked 513 spam comments yesterday! Thanks mega-shake!

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