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comments spam?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:52 pm
by ameo
i still get comments spam even with captcha enabled?
how is that possible?
Re: comments spam?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 6:41 pm
by yellowled
ameo wrote:i still get comments spam even with captcha enabled?
how is that possible?
There is no security system which is 100% safe. The most likely solution in this case would be for someone to simply spam your comment form manually, i.e. to fill out the form and captche. Other than that, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA#Circumvention
YL
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 8:40 pm
by Don Chambers
Is it pure comment spam, or trackback spam?
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2008 11:49 pm
by ameo
yellowled: it appears automated. as whoever submits it could have some mind and puts good name or even makes it looks a bit better.
Don Chambers: never got any trackback spam, all comments
here is a screenshot of the spam i got the past 2 hours
http://i39.tinypic.com/2jbksg4.png
Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:09 am
by Don Chambers
Definitely get yourself an akismet key from wordpress.com.
In addition to that, here are configuration options I like in the spam protector plugin... these are not every option, just deviations from defaults:
Reject comments which only contain the entry title – Yes
Trackback/Pingback: ip validation – reject.
How to treat comments made via APIs – moderate
Check trackback/pingback URLs : Yes.
How many links before a comment gets moderated: 3
How many links before a comment gets rejected: 6
Akismet key: WHATEVER from wordpress.com
Hide E-Mail addresses of commenting users - yes
Choose logging method : File
Posted: Wed Dec 31, 2008 6:20 pm
by ameo
i think this is the options i'm setting s9y to caught spam with//
will check it out after upgrading tonight.
thanks
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:56 pm
by ameo
can i just delete spamblock.log after i disabled the logging?
Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:58 pm
by Don Chambers
yes
