Spam filter not working well

dwoog · Member · Jan 28, 2013 at 11:06 pm
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A large number of spam comments — all from email addresses with “Facebook” in it — have been coming through for the past few days. Akismet seems to not be catching them, for some reason.

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sherpakyle · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:09 am
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I am having the same problem. My blog is http://hikingangelesforest.com/
timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:13 am
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Hi there,
Are you bloggers marking the spam as spam rather than deleting it? If you mark it as spam you educate Akismet. If your delete it that does not happen. If you think it’s a HUGE issue you can report directly to Akismet Staff. http://akismet.com/contact/
timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:14 am
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Also note:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-moderation
http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/discussion-settings/#comment-blacklist
dwoog · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:19 am
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I am marking it as spam. Right now, Akismet does not seem to be learning.
timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:22 am
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Spam comes in waves and I guess there’s a storm out there. If you think it’s a HUGE issue you can report directly to Akismet Staff. http://akismet.com/contact/
sherpakyle · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:23 am
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I’ve marked about 20 as spam so far. They show up about every 30 minutes. askimet is stopping about 5 times what is getting through.
timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:28 am
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It sounds like Akismet is working hard.
dwoog · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:30 am
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Thanks. I’ve marked “Facebook” in the Comment Blacklist box — that should stop it (I hope!).
timethief · Member · Jan 29, 2013 at 1:39 am
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Good move! Now Akismet will know to sequester them but it may take some time for that education to take place.

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