Update on Spam

Here is an update on the Spam attack on my blog. I’m now FREE of Spam! What a relief!

Thanks to recommendations from Twitter, I’m now using WP-SPAMFREE. It is all I need to block spam. Unlike some of the other plugins I tried, they don’t block valid links. There is very little to configure [...]

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Update on Spam

Since I added the 3 plug ins listed in my last post, no spam is showing up in the comments to be approved section, but over 100 have show up in the spam section. Most have been marked as spam by Cookies for Comments. Other messages have been caught by Aksimet. I think the combination [...]

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Avoiding Blog Spammers.

I’ve now setup and configured Akismet, Cookies for Comments and Simple Trackback Validation. These plug-ins should help prevent spam getting through.

This has been a learning experience. I hope this will help you avoid the problem in the first place. I have just heard of a couple of blog owners who were spammed so badly [...]

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Beware of Blog Spammers

Hi Everyone,
My blog was just spammed. I caught it before any damage was done and have been able to clean out all the garbage. From now on, all comments will be moderated. That is the only way to prevent spam on blogs… Continue reading

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