Thread: Got My first spam

I just started my directory yesterday and I already got hit by a spam link
How do you deal with those stupid links?

You don't. :P

I have my blogs online,
even my test blogs (test.domain.com) where ther'es no actual content, get swarmed with spam comments.


And my wppotential, is getting spammed with Registrations. :\
Don't understand the benefit of registering...

You have a directory, you will get spammed.
Pure and simple.

Just delete them and move on.

Blogs....I really think that using askimet welcomes spam!
Two blogs I have askimet on, I get spammed by the hundreds (porn spam, all google groups!).
The other blogs, not using askimet, no spam at all!

Really dawg?
That's a good possibility.


I've heard there are more powerful alternatives in wp plugins instead of askismet.
I beleive I may look into them.

And EmmaB, try using a Captcha script? :P

I do have captcha enabled. And I love Akisment, I also find that little counter so cool

Originally Posted by unr

Really dawg?
That's a good possibility.


I've heard there are more powerful alternatives in wp plugins instead of askismet.
I beleive I may look into them.

And EmmaB, try using a Captcha script? :P

There is another alternative to akismet, but darn if I can find it now!
I think I will try an experiment and disable askimet in one blog and see what happens.

Go for it Dawg! :P

I think i know where to find a good alternative.. sec, I'll edit post.


---

here try this? http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/

Will try that one, but it is not the one I saw the other day.

Saw you have it up Dawg, let me know how that one goes.

Don;t like it that much.
It throws up a bar at the bottom of the page when it catches spam.

I noticed that when I went to your site.
Looked terrible.

Guess it does help to read about the plugin and the options.
Now that bar does not show up as I disabled it. (the bar, not the plugin)

Haha, So, now that you fixed that horrible add-on.
How is it?

Either I am missing something, or it does not show the actual spam it catches.
So far, just 2 caught, which is like 50-100 askimet showed at this same time period.

That means that this stops the spam quick and I never see them, or the spammers are taking a day off!

So, is that a positive response? :P

I get a lot of those, I guess it's hard to avoid when you build a directory

Almost everyone gets spammed at one point. Just ignore them and delete

Captcha and moderation - a bit tedious but thats the more apt way to deal with them.

Better delete those links you think are spam. I agree with Mrcat, that is another way to avoid them.

Sheesh they are quick! mg: