For nearly six months since the release of Akismet, I have little to no problem with spam. Every once in awhile, a spam comment or trackback will make it through to my moderation queue, but it’s really very rare. Until today. I’ve got 10 in the past hour. They’ve all gone to moderation and not live, but still, I don’t want to see any of them.
When Akismet was released, it was suggested by Matt Mullenweg from Automattic that all anti-spam solutions should be removed when using Akismet as they get in the way. He did suggest using Bad Behavior in conjunction with Akismet though because it works differently than most and prevents spam bots before they even get to try to comment. A lot of technology there but the difference is that other spam solutions analyze comments after they’ve been submitted and determine at that point what to do with them.
So. I’ve just installed Bad Behavior along with Akismet. If you are a legitimiate commenter and you find you can’t comment, you need to let me know because there is a problem!
Thanks
Update: Apparently Akismet was having issues today which would explain my own issues.
{ 15 comments }
Cary 03.24.06 at 7:13 pm
Gawd I hate spam…I don’t think you’ll have any problem with Bad Behavior — I’ve been using it along side Spam Karma 2 for some time now, and I’ve never had anyone complain that they were being blocked, so I think you’ll be OK.
Good luck though!
Cary 03.24.06 at 7:13 pm
Gawd I hate spam…I don’t think you’ll have any problem with Bad Behavior — I’ve been using it along side Spam Karma 2 for some time now, and I’ve never had anyone complain that they were being blocked, so I think you’ll be OK.
Good luck though!
Cary 03.24.06 at 7:13 pm
Gawd I hate spam…I don’t think you’ll have any problem with Bad Behavior — I’ve been using it along side Spam Karma 2 for some time now, and I’ve never had anyone complain that they were being blocked, so I think you’ll be OK.
Good luck though!
Jesse 03.24.06 at 9:50 pm
akismet is amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a legit comment get caught, and only very rarely does a spam get through
Jesse 03.24.06 at 9:50 pm
akismet is amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a legit comment get caught, and only very rarely does a spam get through
Jesse 03.24.06 at 9:50 pm
akismet is amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever had a legit comment get caught, and only very rarely does a spam get through
paige 03.24.06 at 10:15 pm
I just use Bad Behavior with Spam Karma and I get maybe one in moderation a week. I’m sure you’ll like it. :)
paige 03.24.06 at 10:15 pm
I just use Bad Behavior with Spam Karma and I get maybe one in moderation a week. I’m sure you’ll like it. :)
paige 03.24.06 at 10:15 pm
I just use Bad Behavior with Spam Karma and I get maybe one in moderation a week. I’m sure you’ll like it. :)
Michael Hampton 03.24.06 at 10:53 pm
Hi. I’m the author of Bad Behavior, and I also worked on the Akismet WordPress plugin.
Akismet will only put comments into moderation if the back-end server is temporarily unavailable for some reason. (This doesn’t happen all too often, but it happens to every site sooner or later. After all, it’s just hardware.) If this happens, all comments go into moderation, whether spammy or not, until the Akismet server is available again.
That said, I also run both Bad Behavior and Akismet at my site, and while Akismet has caught about 3,000 spams since I’ve installed it, Bad Behavior has caught about 150,000, before they ever became an issue for Akismet (or anything else) to deal with.
If you’re using Bad Behavior, I also suggest you subscribe to the RSS feed or the mailing list (which contains the same thing as the feed, but in your email box).
Michael Hampton 03.24.06 at 10:53 pm
Hi. I’m the author of Bad Behavior, and I also worked on the Akismet WordPress plugin.
Akismet will only put comments into moderation if the back-end server is temporarily unavailable for some reason. (This doesn’t happen all too often, but it happens to every site sooner or later. After all, it’s just hardware.) If this happens, all comments go into moderation, whether spammy or not, until the Akismet server is available again.
That said, I also run both Bad Behavior and Akismet at my site, and while Akismet has caught about 3,000 spams since I’ve installed it, Bad Behavior has caught about 150,000, before they ever became an issue for Akismet (or anything else) to deal with.
If you’re using Bad Behavior, I also suggest you subscribe to the RSS feed or the mailing list (which contains the same thing as the feed, but in your email box).
Michael Hampton 03.24.06 at 10:53 pm
Hi. I’m the author of Bad Behavior, and I also worked on the Akismet WordPress plugin.
Akismet will only put comments into moderation if the back-end server is temporarily unavailable for some reason. (This doesn’t happen all too often, but it happens to every site sooner or later. After all, it’s just hardware.) If this happens, all comments go into moderation, whether spammy or not, until the Akismet server is available again.
That said, I also run both Bad Behavior and Akismet at my site, and while Akismet has caught about 3,000 spams since I’ve installed it, Bad Behavior has caught about 150,000, before they ever became an issue for Akismet (or anything else) to deal with.
If you’re using Bad Behavior, I also suggest you subscribe to the RSS feed or the mailing list (which contains the same thing as the feed, but in your email box).
Aaron Brazell 03.24.06 at 10:59 pm
Cool, thanks Michael. I was out for most of the evening and just picked up on the fact that Akismet was having issues when I came back in. All makes sense now.
Thanks!
Aaron 03.24.06 at 10:59 pm
Cool, thanks Michael. I was out for most of the evening and just picked up on the fact that Akismet was having issues when I came back in. All makes sense now.
Thanks!
Aaron 03.24.06 at 10:59 pm
Cool, thanks Michael. I was out for most of the evening and just picked up on the fact that Akismet was having issues when I came back in. All makes sense now.
Thanks!
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