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1. Vladimir Antropov
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Akismet plugin does not seem to work properly with FS Contact Form, which supports spam filtering through Akismet. I submitted the same spam message via form and as a comment. Comment was blocked by Akismet as expected, but the message went through with the following line in the body:

   Akismet Spam Check: passed

   I contacted the author of FS Contact Form, Mike Challis, but he couldn't figure out why comments and messages are treated differently by Akismet. I hope that Akismet creators can help me to investigate this issue. I am using FS Contact Form v.2.9.6 and Akismet v.2.5.1.

2. Joseph Scott
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Easiest way to reach out for help with Akismet is to use the contact form at akismet.com/contact/

   Mike is welcome to contact us there and we can help track down what is going on. I'm not familiar with FS Contact Form, so some basic questions come up:

   - Does it make direct calls to the Akismet API or does it use the Akismet plugin functions?
   - Are you sending the same data points when checking for spam, as listed in the API docs - http://akismet.com/development/api/
   - Have you recorded the exact HTTP request/response when making the call to Akismet.com to check for spam? That may provide some insight into what is happening.

3. Vladimir Antropov
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you for the quick answer, Joseph.

   Mike has just released a new version of his plugin (2.9.7) which fixes this issue. I consider it resolved now.

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