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1. aleinss
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Lately my blog has been bombed with comment spam. Even though I have unchecked the option "Allow users to post comments on articles", I still have comments waiting in the queue for me to approve. These are all spam. I would prefer not even getting these.

   I am running 2.0.5. Any ideas?

   Thanks,
   Adam

2. kilanda
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   you can download some things as plugins that can control that.

3. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   <standard spam message>

   Install and activate Akismet -or- Spam Karma 2.
   Then install and activate Bad Behavior.

   http://akismet.com/
   http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
   http://homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/

   For those who struggle with the Akismet
   directions: http://wordpress.com/api-keys/

   </standard spam message>

4. aleinss
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Thanks. I've installed Bad Behavior. Hopefully this solves the problem.

5. moshu
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   You should also install one of the other two... that's what HS said.

6. aleinss
   Member
   Posted 5 years ago #

   Unforunately, by loading Bad-Behavior, I locked myself out of my own web site. Worked fine at work, but when I came home I couldn't even log into the admin portion of my blog! I had to telnet into my shell account to move the bad-behavior directory out of the plug-ins directory.

   DSBL says my cable modem IP was banned about a year ago. Hog wash!

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