My standard response:
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/
You must have that on copy and paste lists somewhere eh….. 😉
Trent
That’s how most of us volunteers do things around here lol. Well, I do it at least..I find it so much easier.. 😉 😛
spencerp
/Well, for me, I copy/paste into a TXT file, and just revert to that when need be.. whee!
SK2, BB and Akismet may be favorites but after installing them I found they were blocking a lot of my real readers in addition to possibly blocking spammers. False positives are not acceptable. Captchas and math have been more effective for me.
It’s pretty much a personal thing I find; I’ve never had a legit poster blocked by the “big 3” but others have. I think it’s a major crapshoot, really.
