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Spam Protection

16th December 2007

Spam Protection

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In my efforts to reduce the amount of spam that this site is receiving I now have two spam plug-ins installed. The first, [tag]Akismet[/tag] has been installed from the very beginning of this blogs existance. Unfortunately, I still have to go in and manually delete everything that lands in the [tag]spam[/tag] folder. I tend to at least try to glance at it before deleting it because occasionally, a valid comment will land in the spam folder and I would hate to delete it. So, it is a slower process than I would like.

Today, I added the [tag]math comment spam protection[/tag] plug-in. I found this nifty plug in at WordpressGarage.com, where she lists the [tag]50 best Wordpress plugins[/tag] and I am looking at a couple of others on that list for future use.

So, I apologize for the extra step it takes to leave a comment, but I’m hoping it will cut down on the spambots!  I’m also hoping this will allow me to turn off comment moderation.

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  1. 1 On December 17th, 2007, Miriam said:

    Hi – thanks for visiting WordPressGarage. Just wanted to tell you that the “he” you mentioned is actually a “she” – me!

    Miriam’s last blog post..Importing RSS feeds as posts in WordPress, and managing your twitter, facebook, tumblr and WordPress lives in one fell swoop

    posted on December 17th, 2007 at 1:19 am

  2. 2 On December 17th, 2007, lynne said:

    Miriam! I am so sorry! I have corrected my post to read “she” instead of “he”, that’s what I get for assuming! I really do like your site, it’s always full of good information and this list of 50 is really great. Thanks again!

    posted on December 17th, 2007 at 10:20 am

  3. 3 On December 18th, 2007, Miriam said:

    That’s ok – I’ve done the same thing to another blogger.

    I’m really glad you like my site!

    Miriam’s last blog post..Importing RSS feeds as posts in WordPress, and managing your twitter, facebook, tumblr and WordPress lives in one fell swoop

    posted on December 18th, 2007 at 3:34 am