I’ve been getting hammered by spam today. I just deleted 106 spam comments from the last 2 hours, and another 86 deletd at lunchtime, and another buttload that I deleted at 10AM. In all I would say over 250 spam comments in the last 12 hours.
This can make it difficult to filter out the false positives, like comments by RichJ, which, for whatever reason end up in the spam filter. If you’re noticing your comments not getting posted, I would suggest registering at the site, and logging in to comment. I’m not declaring registration as a new policy, just suggesting it as a possible way to avoid getting trapped in the filter.
So far, I’ve only noticed this happening with RichJ, and trackbacks from Basil’s Blog, and I think there was one other before. Of course, it’s also possible I accidentally deleted a non-spam, so if you’re commenting and wondering where you’re comment went, try registering. It’s on the right sidebar in the “Meta” box, just below the Technorati profile link.
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7 responses so far ↓
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tommy
// May 18, 2006 at 3:12 pm
wordpress and SK2?
if you are, try disabling the snowball filter, it worked for mine, I am kinda curious how they managed it.
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Chris
// May 18, 2006 at 6:34 pm
I use Wordpress and the Spam Karma 2 plugin, nary a spambot has made it through since I started using it. It keeps all of the spam comments in a queue you can review just in case a legit one ends up there. It was pretty easy to set up, considering I was able to do it.
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von
// May 19, 2006 at 6:20 am
I wish I could figure out a way to eliminate spam without the “queue.” That would be ideal.
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tommy
// May 19, 2006 at 3:41 pm
well wordpress and spam karma 2 is what I use as well. This last batch was somehow able to trick SK2 into thinking the author had been previously approved comments at my site (more comments than I have total) and so all of the blacklists were overridden by the snowball filter and the spam got through.
The fix was easy though. My wife’s site is set up exactly the same, but it was not attacked.
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FIAR
// May 19, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Tommy, I have similar features on Akismet. My point really was a suggestion on defeating the false positives, as it pertains to comments by RichJ and any others I may have NOT noticed, especially if you consider how likely it would have been to miss Rich’s comment if I had been less frequent in checking the queue. BTW 252 more spam deleted and defeated. I hope I didn’t miss a real comment in the process.
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FIAR
// May 19, 2006 at 4:34 pm
Von, Having it just be not there would be ideal.
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tommy
// May 19, 2006 at 4:49 pm
give bad behavior a try but keep an eye on your regulars, on occasion it denies real people.
For some reason one of my computers at home gets denied by it with some frequency. I’ve got it disabled at my site now specifically because of that, but it does a good job of cutting back on the spam. And the false positives with the new version are rare.
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