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Re: Any WordPress gurus out there?
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:47:24 GMT
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"Ross Crawford" <ross.{mylastname}@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Mike Walsh wrote:
> > I am running WordPress for the NCLTC and NCLUG web sites and even though
> > I
> > have turned on the setting which requires registration to comment, I
> > still
> > receive a bunch of spam comments. Anyone know how this is happening and
> > what I can do to prevent it? I assume it is some hole someone is
> > exploiting
> > but haven't found a solution. WordPress is fairly close to the latest
> > revision (I think).
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> Hi Mike,
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> From what I understand, that setting will not affect spambots. I think the
> only
> way to reduce the spam comments (especially pingback & trackback) is to
> activate
> the Askimet plugin (comes with recent WP) and possibly also install a
> plugin
> like Bad Behaviour, which analyses request headers. Get it at
> http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/
>
> ROSCO
Thanks for the tip - turning on the Askimet plugin seems to have solved the
problem.
Mike
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| (...) Hi Mike, From what I understand, that setting will not affect spambots. I think the only way to reduce the spam comments (especially pingback & trackback) is to activate the Askimet plugin (comes with recent WP) and possibly also install a (...) (17 years ago, 23-Feb-07, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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