Akismet and How It Does What It Does

Discussion in 'Security' started by SFOD_D223, Dec 8, 2006.

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    I've recently enabled Akismet on my WP Blog. I was wondering if anyone here ever uses that as a tool to ban the spammers that troll in to their blogs or any other sites they may have.

    Voice your experiences here with regards to this plug-in or any other blog "spam-catcher" out there.

    Thanks in advance.
     
    SFOD_D223, Dec 8, 2006 IP
  2. sandossu

    sandossu Guest

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    #2
    I'm using it and it's great ;)
     
    sandossu, Dec 8, 2006 IP
  3. stephfoster

    stephfoster Well-Known Member

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    #3
    Using Akismet too and only having to manually delete spam on very rare occasions.
     
    stephfoster, Dec 8, 2006 IP
  4. Andreas Bard

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    I just activated it and it has saved me from alot of work.
    Before I activated it I got about 50 spam comments a day, now Akismet stops them all.

    Highly recommended!

    //Andreas
     
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    My blogs must have been placed on some spam list as I was getting a few hundred spam comments a day. I now get none. Nice time saver.
     
    ServerUnion, Dec 8, 2006 IP
  6. Austars

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    I believe there's something else called something like Dave's spam killer that does basically the same thing.
     
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  7. sandossu

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    The only problem is that it sometimes blocks not-spam comments :(
     
    sandossu, Dec 9, 2006 IP
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    #8
    one of the best tools for network or server security check is nessus from
    http://www.nessus.org/
    free for use
    updated checks daily
    easy to install - local or remote installation - both work
    a few thousand security checks done with precise detailed output and precise recommendations - some copy and paste solutions included - for found security holes.
    works WIN and Lin as well
     
    hans, Dec 9, 2006 IP