Comments on: Trying WP-SpamFree http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/ just a lowly edtech geek, mumble mumble university of calgary Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:41:04 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: D'Arcy http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-195007 D'Arcy Mon, 11 May 2009 18:29:55 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-195007 trying WP-SpamFree again. wonder if the update works better on my server... trying WP-SpamFree again. wonder if the update works better on my server…

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194953 dnorman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:03:54 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194953 hrm. not sure if this was a spam comment or not. I'll assume that "digital media college" was your given name. Your parents have a cruel sense of humour. I hate captcha. Hate it. I'd rather deal with spam than inflict Captcha on the people that are trying to communicate via comments. hrm. not sure if this was a spam comment or not. I’ll assume that “digital media college” was your given name. Your parents have a cruel sense of humour.

I hate captcha. Hate it. I’d rather deal with spam than inflict Captcha on the people that are trying to communicate via comments.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194952 dnorman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:02:29 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194952 Yeah. Back to Akismet for now, with <a href="http://tantannoodles.com/toolkit/spam-filter/" rel="nofollow">TanTanNoodles Simple Spam Filter</a> running first-round interference. Yeah. Back to Akismet for now, with TanTanNoodles Simple Spam Filter running first-round interference.

]]> By: David Esrati http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194951 David Esrati Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:48:21 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194951 Guess I should have checked what was posted before I tried to repost the comment. So- what are you back to- akismet? Thanks for testing. Guess I should have checked what was posted before I tried to repost the comment.
So- what are you back to- akismet?
Thanks for testing.

]]> By: David Esrati http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194950 David Esrati Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:46:34 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194950 Thanks for testing this D'Arcy. I know you get more comment spam than anyone I know (since you complain about it all-the-fracking-time). Hope it works. SK2 was da'bomb. Miss it a lot. Let's hope we've got a new favorite. Thanks for testing this D’Arcy. I know you get more comment spam than anyone I know (since you complain about it all-the-fracking-time).
Hope it works. SK2 was da’bomb. Miss it a lot.
Let’s hope we’ve got a new favorite.

]]> By: digital media college http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194949 digital media college Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:24:09 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194949 Although everyone hates the "type the scrambled word in the box" function, it seems to be a good way to detect automated or "spam" responses. Good luck with the search for the best practice of eliminating those unwanted responses. Although everyone hates the “type the scrambled word in the box” function, it seems to be a good way to detect automated or “spam” responses. Good luck with the search for the best practice of eliminating those unwanted responses.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194948 dnorman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:40:14 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194948 OK. WP-SpamFree is gone. Nuking valid comments isn't OK. OK. WP-SpamFree is gone. Nuking valid comments isn’t OK.

]]> By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/04/27/trying-wp-spamfree/#comment-194947 dnorman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:16:55 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=3090#comment-194947 hrm. not sure I'm comfortable with how WP-SpamFree handles spam - it just nukes them outright. There were 2 valid human comments that would have never been seen if I hadn't enabled the debug log file, which included these: :: COMMENT BEGIN :: 2009-04-28 (Tue) 03:04:09 comment_post_ID: 3090 comment_author: Alan Levine comment_author_url: http://cogdogblog.com comment_content: I used it for a while a few months back but I had a few visitors unable to comment due to some javascript issue but my memory is now fuzzy. Akismit has been doing well on my fleet :: COMMENT END :: :: COMMENT BEGIN :: 2009-04-28 (Tue) 03:53:12 comment_post_ID: 3090 comment_author: David Esrati comment_author_url: http://www.thenextwave.biz comment_content: Thanks for testing this D'Arcy. I know you get more comment spam than anyone I know (since you complain about it all-the-fracking-time). Hope it works. SK2 was da'bomb. Miss it a lot. Let's hope we've got a new favorite. comment_type: comment :: COMMENT END :: I've enabled a backup cookie setting method that may work (I have no idea - I just checked a box that sounded promising). If it's still nuking valid comments, WP-SpamFree is gone. I'd rather deal with a bit of spam than have real comments evaporating. hrm. not sure I’m comfortable with how WP-SpamFree handles spam – it just nukes them outright. There were 2 valid human comments that would have never been seen if I hadn’t enabled the debug log file, which included these:

:: COMMENT BEGIN ::
2009-04-28 (Tue) 03:04:09
comment_post_ID: 3090
comment_author: Alan Levine
comment_author_url: http://cogdogblog.com
comment_content:
I used it for a while a few months back but I had a few visitors unable to comment due to some javascript issue but my memory is now fuzzy. Akismit has been doing well on my fleet
:: COMMENT END ::

:: COMMENT BEGIN ::
2009-04-28 (Tue) 03:53:12
comment_post_ID: 3090
comment_author: David Esrati
comment_author_url: http://www.thenextwave.biz
comment_content:
Thanks for testing this D’Arcy. I know you get more comment spam than anyone I know (since you complain about it all-the-fracking-time).
Hope it works. SK2 was da’bomb. Miss it a lot.
Let’s hope we’ve got a new favorite.
comment_type: comment
:: COMMENT END ::

I’ve enabled a backup cookie setting method that may work (I have no idea – I just checked a box that sounded promising). If it’s still nuking valid comments, WP-SpamFree is gone. I’d rather deal with a bit of spam than have real comments evaporating.

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