I installed SpamTask yesterday and it seems to work nicely. my blog isn’t the biggest, so I typically only get around 20-30 spam messages a day. I have just purchased 750 messages (task points they call it), since i didn’t have to yesterday because of the 10 test points they give each blog every month.
So well, this has actually worked for me since. I doubt though it works for blogs where you need to login, because spambots don’t come by those (or am I wrong?).
works here. no spam so far.
Thanks Vladoo, I tried out SpamTask myself – I know that there weren’t many testpoints but I made some thorough testing after I bought Spamtask, and until now there has been no sign of spam! š
#Applause#
@vladoo
I heard that some bots can pass pages that use Captcha and login fields and stuff?
-Travison
why do you want to pay for a plugin, when there are free filters out there? sure it’s possibly better in some ways, but i won’t install it as long as it costs money. the few spam messages akismet lets through : I can live with that as long as it’s free.
they’ve made it free it seems, version 1.0.5. trying it out now. will tell you if it works in a few days. š
I had installation problems and after not getting any reply from ConTask support for around 30 hours, I uninstalled the plug-in.
The problem involved my API key and I got messages ranging from, “you already have one”, to “please install one”.
Jane
weird. I asked them a support question which got answered in an hour or so, also about the API key. did you use the support tickets in ConTask or some mail?
by the way: I’ve got SpamTask installed for around a week now, and it really kicks off. no spam at all. don’t even have to moderate my comments anymore, as I actually did with Akismet. highly recommended!
jennifie85: i won’t install it as long as it costs money
I agree with you and I wonder how they got away releasing a paid plugin here, isn’t this repository for GPL or open source plugins only?
well… that’s probably the reason it isn’t paid anymore. š
how can I show those statistics on my blog with “41 seconds ago” and if the comment was spam or not? (as in the screenshots here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spamtask/screenshots/)
Ehm… as the screenshots indicate? š [Last comment] and [Last comment status] though it isn’t mentioned in the admin panel.
also about the API key
it seems an API-key isn’t necessary in the new version.
