Comments on: Spam Fighting Revisited http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/ PHP, WordPress and Business Ramblings Sat, 28 Aug 2010 15:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11551 Sarah Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:45:31 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11551 No problem :) No problem :)

]]> By: thatedeguy http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11550 thatedeguy Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:38:29 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11550 Thanks for the manual trackback! ;) Thanks for the manual trackback! ;)

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11549 Sarah Thu, 08 Nov 2007 21:34:02 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11549 Seeing as my trackbacks don't work I thought I'd link to thatedeguy's follow up post on how his spam fighting has gone - <a href="http://www.thatedeguy.com/archives/2007/11/spamtastic">Spamtastic!</a> Seeing as my trackbacks don't work I thought I'd link to thatedeguy's follow up post on how his spam fighting has gone – Spamtastic!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11430 Sarah Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:01:52 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11430 Hi Andrew, thanks for stopping by :) The maths plugin can work well as well however I'd rather not be having an extra question for commentators. Also, my original reason on the fighting spam was to try and reduce bandwidth too, and by serving most bots a virtually blank 410 page that's a lot less than accepting their post, determining their sum is incorrect and returning them back to the comment form thus using up say 50-100kb bandwidth per visit. It's not that bandwidth is an issue, but I don't like wasting it ;) Hi Andrew, thanks for stopping by :)

The maths plugin can work well as well however I'd rather not be having an extra question for commentators. Also, my original reason on the fighting spam was to try and reduce bandwidth too, and by serving most bots a virtually blank 410 page that's a lot less than accepting their post, determining their sum is incorrect and returning them back to the comment form thus using up say 50-100kb bandwidth per visit.

It's not that bandwidth is an issue, but I don't like wasting it ;)

]]> By: Andrew http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11407 Andrew Fri, 02 Nov 2007 20:18:16 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11407 Hi Sarah, Thanks for visiting my site regarding the WordPress Security eBook I found. I been <a href="http://wpthoughts.com/18/plugins-math-comment-spam-protection/">looking at ways</a> to keep my comment spam as low as possible. I found a simple plugin that asks a simple maths question to verify the human nature of a spam bot, and so far it has worked successfully. The only thing blocked by Akismet was a trackback that appeared to be spam, but once I checked the site out, it turned out to not be spam at all. Hi Sarah,

Thanks for visiting my site regarding the WordPress Security eBook I found.

I been looking at ways to keep my comment spam as low as possible. I found a simple plugin that asks a simple maths question to verify the human nature of a spam bot, and so far it has worked successfully. The only thing blocked by Akismet was a trackback that appeared to be spam, but once I checked the site out, it turned out to not be spam at all.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11316 Sarah Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:02:49 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11316 Thanks for reminding me to revisit the situation ;) I've seen a few people mentioning it recently and figured it warranted a revisit along with new stats of my own to give a bit more data and info on the matter. Would love to know your new stats after a week or two ;) Thanks for reminding me to revisit the situation ;) I've seen a few people mentioning it recently and figured it warranted a revisit along with new stats of my own to give a bit more data and info on the matter.

Would love to know your new stats after a week or two ;)

]]> By: thatedeguy http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11315 thatedeguy Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:53:27 +0000 http://www.stuffbysarah.net/2007/10/30/spam-fighting-revisited/#comment-11315 Thanks for the added info and deep link to your previous post. I've implemented the renaming trick and we'll see how much it reduced the spam load. Great tip! Thanks for the added info and deep link to your previous post. I've implemented the renaming trick and we'll see how much it reduced the spam load.

Great tip!

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