The spam comments can still go through
Recently, I had problem with spam comments. I use Askimet for spam protection, but lots of spam comment still queued in my moderation list. Therefore, I decided to install another plugin, so that I can block the spam comments.
I installed the plugin, Did You Pass Math by Steven Herod. The plugin restricts spam comments by asking the commenter a simple arithmetic question, e.g. 8+4=?. This is intended to differentiate the human being and robot. I hope that it will not vanish your lust to comment on something. 
By the way, the plugin works well and there is no more spam comment on my moderation list. But, there are still spam comments, which can bypass the restriction of mathematic question. Luckily, they will be caught by Askimet. I am wondering how can the robot still spam my blog. Did the robot knows to answer the mathematic question? Maybe I should put questions about General Knowledge. Or maybe I should add one more plugin to fight spam, spam karma, etc.
How do you fight spammers? Maybe you have some useful tricks. Why don’t you share with us?
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9 Responses to “The spam comments can still go through”
Erm..recently, there one project based on akismet that used Ruby on Rails at http://rubyforge.org/projects/ror-akismet/
Bat
January 1st, 2007
I make life easier for everyone.. I use Spam Karma 2. hehe
noor hidayat
January 1st, 2007
Spam Karma 2 is a combination of several different filters. It uses Akismet and the rechecks it with several other filters before passing up the comments. It’s good.
noor hidayat
January 2nd, 2007
yes, you should use SPAM karma 2.
The problem with “Did u pass math” is sometimes it get insane, i mean after visitors write the comment (esp long) and fill in the correct number, it will appear “did you pass your math?”
-p.s: sometimes-
its anoying when that person write long comment. Do you think he wants to write it back? Me? Sure Not!
Rajablog.info
January 3rd, 2007
I’m glad you eliminated the unnecessary math test. Hate those. And please, stopping spam by requiring registration to comment is just letting comment spammers win. Don’t do that!
You and your readers deserve more than letting these Internet terrorists win.
Thanks for bringing the issue up and helping people understand that making readers jump through hoops to comment only stops the conversation.
Lorelle
January 4th, 2007
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