the only ultimate solution to comment spam is turning off comments.
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dss
(@dss)
but then what would happen to all the online casinos and teen hottie sites?
i’m worried.
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dss
(@dss)
grumble, grumble…
i’ve been following all these threads, and have read and directed tons of people to podz’ excellent page.
what i’m discovering is that the more i work to stop spam, the more work i have to do when people call up, paniced, because they’ve been “banned” from my site. Most folks know and care nothing about code, or site functions. They are on AOL and use IE5 and just want to say “hi!”
so i direct them to firefox, i try to be nice, i want to discuss, and inform.
not a problem.
i was just thinking that a simple enter this letter into a box (which changes every time) would be a fantastic, simple solution. and i have no idea how to port the MT code into WP code.
F.
look under the captcha subheading of podz’s page.
The simplest anti-spam solution on earth: http://www.syndic8.com/~jeff/blog/index.php?p=103
All you have to do is answer, “What is Jeff’s first name?”
the simplest solution is turning off comments.
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dss
(@dss)
wow, macmanx, that’s a fantastic link. thank you.
in fact, it’s so much like the other solution.
question:
$jeff = trim($_POST[’jeff’]);
if ( ‘Jeff’ != $jeff )
die("You forgot Jeff’s first name. If you are forgetful, hit Back and try again. “);
can this be changed from just “jeff” to a set of terms which change either randomly, or periodically?
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dss
(@dss)
Thanks.
I’ve tried that with 1.3a5 and 1.3a6 and have had some problems.
but it’s more than likely that the problem is me.
Anonymous User 6434
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I’d try the accepted antispam solutions, or just roll your own. I use my own anti-spam plugin, kudos to Matt. Maybe it’ll work for you?
