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[resolved] Akismet multisite problem (2 posts)

  1. Roy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    Yesterday I noticed that Akismet has some problems. My dashboard gives me the notification: "Akismet has detected a problem. A server or network problem is preventing Akismet from working correctly." The first two of the four servers give "obstructed", the other two "no problems". When I recheck the API-key I get a notification that it cannot be validated due to a connection problem.
    So, I figured that my host has been working on their firewall, or perhaps it was just because of maintenance. (The WP feeds in the dashboard work just fine btw.)
    Today I logged in again, got no error and thought the problem just went away, but when I went to a subsite, I got the same error! In fact, on all subsites, I get the same errors, but the main site is just fine, even when I recheck network status.

    Before I talk to my host, isn't it strange that the main site would be fine and the subsites not?

  2. Roy
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #

    So I DID talk to my host. They said it wasn't a change to their firewall, but Akismet changing their server IPs. Late yesterday they added these new IPs to their whitelist. It took a day and a half of refreshing, but now everything is okay again.

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