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Well, I have to admit, you did a great job with the math question. I never saw any spam here.

I use akismet on one of my blogs and sometimes it traps legitimate comments. I guess that’s the price you pay.

Good luck with Askimet. I tried it on my blogs and it did not work well. I still got around 500 comment spams per day. I am now using the latest edition of Spam Karma, which incorporates Askimet, and it is great. I get maybe 5 or 6 comment spams per day now.

Hi Yaro,

Thought I might let you know about a spam-counter that I use on my site in conjunction with Askimet. It seems to have stopped most of the automated spam adverts that were getting though askimet.

http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/10/23/wordpress-hashcash-30-beta/

I was already at the point to shutdown comments because of fu***** spammers. But when I upgraded my blog to WP 2.0 and started using Aksimet all spam comments disappeared.

To be honest I don’t why you didn’t use Akismet in the first place. Whilst they do sometimes trap legit comments and let through some dodgy ones - they are better than most forms of spam prevention.

I tried Spam Karma also for a bit but found the options to confusing! Good luck with this method.

I had a dormant blog that never saw much traffic yet got buckets of spam each day. Askimet seems to have taken care of it. Now that I am getting back to blogging again, I am using Askime in WP2. Not sure how it will work for me, but I am hoping it does the job it claims it can do.

There is a new version of Askimet 1.2.1 Make sure that you download this latest version. There were some problems lately with the previous versions.
Also today I noticed the first comment that ended up in the SPam basket.
It was easily corrected but now I know that I need to check my spam basket carefully before I hit delete.
Also I use Akismet and Spam Karma side-by-side. No Problems there.

I use Aksimet only because it is the default for WP but seems to work fine. You do need to go in and make sure a valid comment didn’t get stuck though but better than deleting spam that got through.

I use Akismet along with the worst offenders version of it. He is working on a seperate plugin that goes along with akismet, but I am still using the modified version of akismet that has worst offenders integrated along with it. It makes looking for the rare legit comment that gets marked as spam easier by taking out the ones submitted from the same place 4 or 5+ times.

If I see an IP address continually spamming me, then I deny that IP from accessing my website. Spam usually dies down for a week or two when I do that.

The akismet 1.5.1 version: http://boakes.org/akismet-worst-offenders/

Forum topic with latest updates: http://boakes.org/talk/topic/27

I have been using Spam Karma2 for over 7 months now, and I must say, I haven’t had to look for an alternate solution ever since. I would give it 2-thumbs up … sure worth a try !

Hi Yaro,

I started getting spam two weeks after I started my blog. It was so bad I couldn’t even look at my blog at work due to the filth that the spam was pushing.

I implemented Akismet that night and have been pretty much spam free for the last three months. Akismet has so far caught over three thousand spams, and only two or three valid comments in the three months of operation. A quick look through the list of captured messages lets me check for valid comments.

I am absolutely rapt with Akismet. I was a little dubious at first, but I’d heartily recommend it.

Hello, at these days Im looking for some system like Wordpress or Drupal and also I will need to defend against spam. I prepare some project in spanish language. I think Im going to use Drupal, hope Akismet works with Drupal. Im going to read next articles here about Akismet. R.

I’ve been using akismet on my WP blog quite a while now, and i’ve had 0, yes 0 spams since then.

or well. it still grabs the spam so i can see it before i delete it, if i want. But honestly i just push delete :O i have faith in akismet.

Never seen it grab something that wasnt spam yet

I’m using Akismet and it’s working well. In the last couple of days I’ve started getting a lot of ‘Test Comment’ appear on my blog. Anyone else getting this?

I’ve just started having the same issue, the spambots have wised up. I want to install (ok, activate) Akismet on my blog, but they seem to want $50 a month (!) for it because it’s commercial (I’m a locksmith). For that money, I’ll delete the spam by hand. I’m hoping they will let me go with the $5 a month option, but we will see.

I’ve recently started to get spam on my blog which is passing through Akismet. Strange, nonsensical comments like “How green is the grass on the other side of the fence? Not much. Don\’t believe it I tell you. Jerry” The web address is richsgreengrass dot info or variations thereof. I’ve acually been able to trace the registrant of this URL via the UK’s domain names registration body. It’s a California address complete with phone number and email address! My questions are: is anyone else getting spam like this, and is there a body in the US I can report this person to? Thanks.

Hi Yaro, thanks very much for your feedback. I’ll mark these comments as spam. Sheelagh

The older version of Akismet is not very efficient. I like the newest version much better.
How has it been working out overall for you?

Yeah I’m a big fan of akismet too, working very well to date

Akismet is a Godsend. Though my site doesn’t see much activity, it’s already blocked plenty of spam I would otherwise have had to weed out by hand. The PHP class is super easy to implement in non-Wordpress software.

So you are planning to use Akismet, I suggest you should look if you have other better options available, because I myself have tried the previous version of Akisment and it had many flaws in it. So even if the newer version is an improved one, still I believe there will be some loopholes exist in it. For better Anti-Spamming solutions I suggest you should visit Anti-Spamming Website

You can’t go wrong with Akismet. I’ve always used it, and it keeps my unwanted comments down to practically zero. If only I could get it to work for my email

Basic math shouldn’t be a problem for a machine .. Akismet is great. You could combine it with other spam protection tools, than you will be 99,9% spam free.

Askimet is pretty good, but i figure if people gonna spam you can’t stop them. But if your blog is worth protecting then I’d still do manual editing. Good luck with it though, I like it!

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