Peter's Useful Crap - Topic: Spam Flying Right By

Peter on Spam Flying Right By

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:05:24 +0000

Odd. Yeah, I run WordPress 2.3 and have had no problems. Maybe it's a different plugin that conflicts? I'm clueless here...

Patrick D. on Spam Flying Right By

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:59:39 +0000

They always say 'comment' on them. Something is going on. My blog was locked tight using just your plugin. I upgraded to WP 2.3 and the blog was 'unprotected' for two hours while doing the upgrade. When I finished, I had 30 spams awaiting moderation. I re-enabled plugins and stopped little if anything.

Peter on Spam Flying Right By

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:55:49 +0000

Do you get e-mailed whenever there's a comment? The subject would then say "Comment:" or "Pingback:" or "Trackback:". Although it sounds like there's something funky going on with your blog.

Patrick D. on Spam Flying Right By

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:47:22 +0000

Peter said:

Is it trackback or pingback spam? This plugin doesnâ€™t address those kinds of spam. Otherwise, maybe some spambot simply cracked the plugin. That would be a sad day indeed.

How would I know the difference between the three? Is there an easy way to tell? (By the way, Askimet is shooting it into mod queue as well instead of the spam folder when it's clearly spam from the words.)

Peter on Spam Flying Right By

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:44:11 +0000

Is it trackback or pingback spam? This plugin doesn't address those kinds of spam. Otherwise, maybe some spambot simply cracked the plugin. That would be a sad day indeed.

Patrick D. on Spam Flying Right By

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:16:27 +0000

Here's the problem. This thing had been working great for a couple months. But since I upgraded to WP 2.3 and upgraded the plugin, nothing seems to be stopping. Spam is flying right into the moderation queue and clogging my inbox. Any ideas?

I changed the default words twice in the last week and still no change. Your help is greatly appreciated. The blog is at http://www.patricksays.net.