Where do Akismet Spam comments disappear?

  • Resolved suncat100

    (@suncat100)


    13 years, 6 months ago

    I am using AKismet for our werdpress website, and when I go to [Akismet stats] page in wp-admin, it says:

    24 spams caught, 4 legitimate comments, and an overall accuracy rate of 100.000%.

    Sounds good to me, but I am wondering where the spam comments go. I would like to confirm them once in a while just to make sure Akismet is not making too many false-positives.

    When I go to comments -> spam folder, it currently lists a single spam comment (certainly not 24) which I guess may be recently intercepted by Akismet. It is as if it DELETES comments in spam folder automatically after a short time. However, I can not find ANY settings if this is the case. Anyone with any knowledge on this?

    The website is:
    http://imagevuex.com

    Thanks!

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Two things could be happening:

    1. Akismet hides duplicate spam comments for your convenience.

    2. Akismet automatically deletes spam comments after 15 days.

    Unfortunately, neither function is user customizable.

    Joseph Scott

    (@josephscott)

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Akismet makes no effort to hide duplicate comments. It will however purge comments marked as spam that are older than 15 days.

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    13 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks for clarifying that. Could have sworn that I read it somewhere though.

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