Comments on: Did a spam test http://blog.xcski.com/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:12:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Rob Guglielmetti http://blog.xcski.com/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test/comment-page-1#comment-653 Rob Guglielmetti Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:52:41 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test#comment-653 Interesting. I was gonna email you soon too, about this, as I have had some questions about comment spam on WP. When I switched to WP, I was spam-free -- using only the built in stuff with WP -- for about 3 weeks. Then I got hit with a bunch spam, so I installed Spam Karma and since then I've received nothing. The thing is, I haven't received any comments AT ALL since in stalling SK. So I was worried that maybe SK was being a little too aggressive. Then I read the article here: (http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2005/04/07/how-to-stop-spam/), and really started to wonder. But it sounds like you've tested SK pretty well and it seems to work as advertised. Of course, you're welcome to post a test comment or two to my site so I can watch SK in action for myself (your test method cited in your post is over my head, I'm afraid.) Interesting. I was gonna email you soon too, about this, as I have had some questions about comment spam on WP.

When I switched to WP, I was spam-free — using only the built in stuff with WP — for about 3 weeks. Then I got hit with a bunch spam, so I installed Spam Karma and since then I’ve received nothing. The thing is, I haven’t received any comments AT ALL since in stalling SK. So I was worried that maybe SK was being a little too aggressive. Then I read the article here: (http://binarybonsai.com/archives/2005/04/07/how-to-stop-spam/), and really started to wonder. But it sounds like you’ve tested SK pretty well and it seems to work as advertised.

Of course, you’re welcome to post a test comment or two to my site so I can watch SK in action for myself (your test method cited in your post is over my head, I’m afraid.)

]]> By: Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test/comment-page-1#comment-652 Paul Tomblin Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:48:21 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test#comment-652 Yes, I'm set up to ping rpc.pingomatic.com. Yes, I’m set up to ping rpc.pingomatic.com.

]]> By: Barry Price http://blog.xcski.com/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test/comment-page-1#comment-651 Barry Price Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:07:26 +0000 http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/2005/04/13/did-a-spam-test#comment-651 That is very strange - I'd expect them to have caught up by now. Do you ping any sites when you post new entries? By default, under Options->Writing, WordPress is set to ping http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ every time you publish a new entry. This then updates various blog aggregators. I believe this is one of the places where the spammers find new URLs to spam. That is very strange - I’d expect them to have caught up by now.

Do you ping any sites when you post new entries? By default, under Options->Writing, WordPress is set to ping http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ every time you publish a new entry. This then updates various blog aggregators. I believe this is one of the places where the spammers find new URLs to spam.

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