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1. MickeyRoush
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   I have a question about the setting under 3rd Party Options.
   Under the Project Honey Pot section is a setting "Termination type threshold" where there are nine possible settings.

   Never
   Search Engine
   Suspicious
   Harvester
   Suspicious & Harvester
   Comment Spammer
   Suspicious & Comment Spammer
   Harvester & Comment Spammer
   Suspicious & Harvester & Comment Spammer

   Is this in order of least specific to most specific? How exactly do these settings work? For example: Does selecting Suspicious match all of those that are beneath it? Or are these conditional? Meaning that the suspected must meet exactly what I select?

   Sorry, this is just a bit confusing for me, as I would like to terminate all suspicious, harvesters, & comment spammers.

   Any explanation would be greatly appreciated.

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/avh-first-defense-against-spam/

2. petervanderdoes
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   It's a trickle down, which as I'm answering your question is actually incorrect. A harvester isn't necessarily a comment spammer. It should be that selecting Harvester would trigger:

   • Harvester
   • Suspicious & Harvester
   • Harvester & Comment Spammer
   • Suspicious & Harvester & Comment Spammer

   I'll work on that soon.

3. MickeyRoush
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   @ petervanderdoes

   Thanks for the quick reply.

   The Default is set at 'Comment Spammer'. Is that what you recommend? Would any setting be more 'powerful' than another?

   Thanks again for any reply.

4. petervanderdoes
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   If you set it to Comment Spammer, that's what I run my blog on, you check for
   Suspicious & Comment Spammer
   Harvester & Comment Spammer
   Suspicious & Harvester & Comment Spammer

   as well. So any IP that could be a Comment Spammer will be blocked.
   The other two options Suspicious and Harvester won't post a comment, according to Project Honey Pot, they are a nuisance but that's about it.

   Personally I would never block an IP that is Suspicious, that term is to vague. Harvester would be more "powerful" but like I said, an IP declared as Harvester by itself shouldn't post comments.

5. MickeyRoush
   Member
   Posted 6 months ago #

   That helps. Thanks!

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