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1. adamthedog
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #
   

   In my installations of WordPress 2.0.5, I have been receiving comment spam on posts. This is unusual, as I have disallowed comments without user registration/login. How are spammers bypassing this security mechanism?

2. Chris_K
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #
   

   That would most likely be trackback spam. You can read a bit more about trackbacks here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Introduction_to_Blogging#Managing_Comments

   The spam aspect is best treated with plugins:

   <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>

3. adamthedog
   Member
   Posted 6 years ago #
   

   I thought that's what it was, too, so I deactivated trackbacks. But it still happens!

   EDIT: Ah, I forgot to change the individual post options--I didn't set each post to disallow pings. We'll see if that works. Thanks for the help!

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